There are so many aspects of our lives that are affected by a name change. We don't think about it much; when we sign up for things, apply for positions, even verbally telling people.....it can become confusing when we switch to a new name. Keep that in mind and be patient with people. You may have been using your new name daily, perhaps among your family or friends but your banker, your hair dresser or even the peers at your school have not. This is new to them.
Name Change
If you are an adult, there is an adult form on this page as well. Be aware that the Minors form requires BOTH parents to sign and those signatures MUST be notarized.
Next, we took our application to the Chesterfield County Courthouse, which is located here. COURTHOUSE. Note: Go to the Circuit Courts office, which is to the left when you walk in. You will give your application to the clerk, pay $39.00 and she will give you a receipt with a Judges name and a case number. If the court has any issue with your name change ( rare) then they will call you. Otherwise, they will send the name change in the mail within ( this is what they told me) 2 WORKING weeks. Don't count weekends or holidays or the day you drop it off. Personal experience: We waited 2 working weeks and when nothing showed up I used the case number to see what was going on on their website. It showed that the change had gone through 4 days after we dropped it off. The paperwork was never sent. Be vigilant. We drove over and picked up a copy from the same office that day.
DMV
Xander had just received his temporary paper license, which he was supposed to hold onto for 180 days. This would mean we could only change the name on his Learners permit. We took our newly acquired Court Papers to DMV. The lady at the counter was superb ( we got LUCKY!) and when we explained why Xander was doing the name change, she took his picture and cut him a new drivers license! The hard copy will come in the mail in a week. Make sure you change the gender marker to the one you prefer ( M or F). This will be important when making changes at other places.
My next venture will be social security. I'll let you know how that goes.
When my nephew changed his name he wasn't allowed to change the gender on his birth certificate. He was told not until he had at least 1 gender reassignment surgery. Please let me know if you find out anything different.
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