Ok, I tried looking online for information, but it's mostly fluff and I am frankly uninterested in shuffling through garbage resources. If anyone has experience changing their name in NY or can direct me to a place with actual information, I'd really appreciate it. Thanks in advance.
Quote from: DianaP on September 04, 2012, 12:21:28 PM
Ok, I tried looking online for information, but it's mostly fluff and I am frankly uninterested in shuffling through garbage resources. If anyone has experience changing their name in NY or can direct me to a place with actual information, I'd really appreciate it. Thanks in advance.
I'm in the process of changing my last name, and it's far from hard.
http://www.nycourts.gov/courts/nyc/civil/int_adultnamechange.shtml (http://www.nycourts.gov/courts/nyc/civil/int_adultnamechange.shtml)
Ok, so you fill out that form and then what do you do?
pretty sure you have to submit it and then you will eventually be in front of a judge who will swear in your new name.
You might get unlucky, and the judge might want to see proof. So beforehand if you have a therapist try to bring in a letter.
This is as much as I know, but I have not officially changed my NYS name.