Book Description

No, this is not specifically designed for people who expect to be Hollywood stars, but rather for women who wish to return to their maiden name, for children who want their caring stepdad's name, and changes for ethnic or sociological reasons. Of course, if you want to alter your ethnic or hard-to-pronounce name to something catchy for showbiz purposes, that's okay too. As is typical with the Do-It-Yourself Legal Publishers series, this book includes every possible scrap of information on the change-your-name subject. Anosike includes courtroom transcripts of actual name-change cases, all the legal forms and step-by-steps on filling them out, and the legal code for every state and territory in the U.S. Much of this material is new (the book had been published previously in 1990), and it is the specifics of state-by-state statutes and the hand-holding instructions on filling out the legal documents that make this the quintessential legal-cost-minimizing manual currently available. - Joe Collins; 126p-