Legal Question in Family Law in New York

Easy and no attorney needed.

Review the NY State court website for forms: http://www.courts.state.ny.us/namechange.htm then go to your local district court and make sure this set is okay to use. They will have another set for you if it is not.

Once the order is entered you can attend to the Social Security office for name change as well as the local Department of Health or Register for Birth Certificate change.

Re: Son wants to change middle name

Here's the thing:

The required "proceeding" is not a big deal; in theory, a very diligent lay person, who carefully studied the pertinent statutes and was able to search out appropriate 'sample forms' from a publicly accessible law library and ever-so-very carefully follow the directions could do this.

But it would likely become So Very cumbersome & if you get it wrong, they send you home feeling like an idiot ...

Contact the local bar association in the county where you live and ask if they have a Referral Program - - thru that program you can get a consultation with an experienced attorney (you'd be under no obligation to hire this attorney) and during such a consultation you can get the "low down" on what's involved and what it might cost to have it done by an attorney.

Regards, etc.,

J. M. Hayes

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