Legal Question in Family Law in New Jersey

my infant (8 months) was born in NY but we live in NJ (lived in NJ 4 years). I want to submit for a name change. Do I submit it in NY or in NJ? also, do i need to hurry up and do it before she is 1 year old? or will it be easy to change it even if process slides past when she is 1 year old (e.g. 1 year old and 2 months) as i understand this can take a couple of months

Thank you


Asked on 6/20/11, 1:14 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Gary Moore Gary Moore Attorney At Law

You want to change the New York birth certificate. It would seem better to do name change in New York. Sometimes a name change can be done administratively on basis of a mistake as to a first or middle name. If you want to change a last name I would think that would be a different matter. You should make a call to vital statistics in New York State to discuss the name change which you want to learn if the change can be done administratively.

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Answered on 6/20/11, 1:22 pm


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