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If you decide you want to take back your maiden name, be sure to request that the presiding judge makes a formal order restoring your maiden/birth name. If the divorce decree includes a name-change order, it serves as legal proof of the intended name change when it's time to file the necessary government forms.
If you change your name as part of the Dissolution of Marriage (divorce), you need to get a certified copy of the Decree from the Clerk of the Court. You will be able to change your name on your driver's license, social security card and bank account with this certified copy.
Can I Change My Name for Free? The legal procedure to change your name will require you to pay filing and court fees. Additionally, you will also need to pay for new identification, such as an updated driver's license or healthcare card. However, you don't need to pay to update your name on your Social Security card.
File the completed forms with your court and pay a filing fee. Inform any interested parties mentioned in the forms. For example, another parent of a minor child. Attend a hearing for the judicial officer to sign the court order with the name change and pay a fee for one or more certified copies of the order.
On request of a person who files an application for a change of name, the court may seal the change of name application and judgment. The information in the application and judgment shall not be disclosed and is not a public record.
In Arizona, an adult who wishes, for good cause shown, to change his/her name must present an Application to that effect, verified by affidavit, to the Superior Court in the county of the Petitioner's residence.
BRING PHOTO IDENTIFICATION of the person requesting a name change to the hearing. Government-issued photo identification, such as a drivers' license is acceptable. BRING A COPY of your original ARIZONA BIRTH CERTIFICATE. BRING A date stamped copy of ALL of your FILED DOCUMENTS.