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Obtaining this Illinois Name Change Marriage For Minor will take you only a few simple steps:
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File your forms in the Circuit Clerk's office. Your Petition for Change of Name (Adult) has to be notarized prior to filing. The Clerk requires a filing fee of $291.00 in cash, money order, or credit card. No personal checks are accepted.
Filing Your Petition As of 2023, the Court Filing costs are typically $324 but can be as much as $388 or as little as $178, depending on where you live now. Multiple children's names can be changed in one Petition Filing if conditions qualify, and the Petition is prepared correctly.
When both biological (birth) parents are in agreement of the name change, both parents complete and file the Petition for Change of Name (Minor) and the Notice of Motion in the Circuit Clerk's office. The Petition for Change of Name (Minor) has to be notarized prior to filing.
Filing Your Petition As of 2023, the Court Filing costs are typically $324 but can be as much as $388 or as little as $178, depending on where you live now. Multiple children's names can be changed in one Petition Filing if conditions qualify, and the Petition is prepared correctly.
Any person who has been a resident of the State of Illinois for six months and is a resident of Cook County may petition the court for a change of name. The person filing the Petition for Change of Name may also add requests to change the name(s) of a spouse, adult unmarried children and minor children.