Legal Question in Credit and Debt Law in California
Legal Name Change
What are the pros and cons of a legal name change as it pertains to credit ?
Asked on 2/19/09, 9:28 pm
1 Answer from Attorneys
Michael Stone
Law Offices of Michael B. Stone Toll Free 1-855-USE-MIKE
Re: Legal Name Change
Unless you get a new SSN, which is normally illegal, you won't fool anybody. And if you have handled your finances poorly in the past, you will probably do so in the future; so, even if you were to successfully garner a new identity, you'll have bad credit again real soon.
Answered on 2/19/09, 9:47 pm