Name Change Due to Marriage Pennsylvania does not require a name change for marriage. If the applicant wishes to change his/her name after marriage, certified copies of the marriage record will be required in order to change your driver's license and social security card.
Call the Allegheny County Department of Court Records at (412) 350-4201 and tell them you're looking for information on a legal name change. They will describe the entire process to you, including estimated costs, and mail you the necessary forms. As of September 2017, these are the name change petition forms.
Name change actions can take anywhere from a day to six (6) months (sometimes even longer). The time it takes for such action to be ordered/decreed varies not only from county to county, but sometimes from courthouse to courthouse as well.
You will have to submit a petition for grant of letters, submit a copy of the Will if there is one, and swear an oath to administer the estate ing to law. A short certificate comes with a seal from the County, and it also acts as an order to all third parties to turn over assets.
The Register of Wills keeps records of wills, estate inventories, and related documents. To request copies of probate records, you'll need to know: The person's complete name at the time they died. The date of the person's death.