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In California, you can ask the court to legally change your child's name. If you and the other parent agree to change your child’s name, you can file a petition with the court together and publish a notice in a newspaper.
File a petition to change your child’s name Once you complete your forms, you need to file them with the court and pay a filing fee. If neither of you can afford the fee, you can ask the court to waive it.
Change your name or your child's name; Understand your options if your child's other parent asked to change their name; Find out where to update your name on identity documents; If you already changed your name and need a copy of a court order, contact the court where your case was filed.
In California, you can ask the court to legally change your child's name. If you are the only parent making the request, you have to file a petition with the court, let the other parent know about it, and go to a court hearing.
The forms you need to fill out and the steps in the process are different for children and adults.
If you live in California, you need the name of the newspaper where you plan to publish to complete these forms. You must publish in a newspaper of general circulation that publishes legal notices in the county where you file your case (the county where your child lives).
There are different steps to change your name to a former name as part of a divorce, or to change your name to match your gender identity.
These instructions are only if you want to change your child's name and gender identity and both parents with sign the petition. There are different instructions if only one parent will sign the petition, or you only want to change their name to match their gender identity.
In California, you can ask for a court order to change your legal name. To do this, you file a petition with the court and publish a notice in a newspaper. Then, you'll either have a court date (a hearing) where a judge will make a decision, or the judge may make a decision without a hearing.
In California, you can ask the court for an order recognizing your or your child's gender change. When you ask for the order, you can ask for a gender marker of female, male, or nonbinary. The process takes about two months.