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Michigan Name Change Instructions and Forms Package for an Adult

Michigan Name Change Instructions and Forms Package for an Adult

Category:

Name Change - General

State:

Michigan

Control #:

MI-NAME-1A

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What this form package covers

The Michigan Name Change Instructions and Forms Package for an Adult is designed to assist individuals seeking to legally change their name in the state of Michigan. This package includes essential forms, state-specific information, and detailed instructions to navigate the name change process effectively. Unlike generic packages, this one is tailored to meet Michiganâs legal requirements, ensuring a smoother experience for users.

Forms included in this package

Michigan Name Change Instructions and Forms Package for a Minor

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When this form package is needed

This package is useful in various situations, such as:

When you wish to distance yourself from a previous name.
If you're getting married and want to adopt your spouseâs last name.
In cases of divorce and you wish to revert to your maiden name.
When transitioning genders and seeking a name that aligns more closely with your identity.

Who needs this form package

Adults aged 18 years and older.
Residents of the county where the name change will be filed for at least one year.
Individuals with a valid reason for changing their name.
Those not changing their name to evade debts or defraud creditors.

How to complete these forms

Review the included forms and instructions carefully.
Complete the Petition to Change Name and other relevant documents.
File the completed forms at the appropriate Circuit court and pay the filing fee.
Obtain your fingerprints from a local police agency and submit the fingerprint card and associated fees to the Michigan State Police.
Publish the Notice of Hearing in a local newspaper as required.
Attend the court hearing with the required documentation and certified copies.

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Common mistakes to avoid

Failing to provide complete and accurate information on forms.
Not having sufficient copies of documents for filing and records.
Overlooking the requirement for fingerprinting and background checks.
Neglecting to publish the Notice of Hearing in a timely manner.

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Quick recap

This form package is tailored specifically for adults seeking a name change in Michigan.
Understanding the legal requirements and fees is essential for a successful name change process.
Completing forms accurately and following the filing procedures will streamline your name change.

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You should bring your name change documents to the appropriate courthouse in Michigan. Typically, the county clerk’s office is the right place to submit these documents. Make sure you have completed the required Michigan Name Change Instructions and Forms Package for an Adult before arriving. This package will guide you through the necessary steps and ensure that you submit the right paperwork, which simplifies the process.

To successfully execute a name change in Michigan, you typically need your identification documents, such as a driver’s license or state ID, proof of residency, and any legal documents that support your name change request. The Michigan Name Change Instructions and Forms Package for an Adult provides you with a detailed checklist of required documents, ensuring you have everything you need when filing. Gathering the right documents upfront will streamline the process and help avoid delays. It’s essential to prepare these documents carefully before attending your court hearing.

To properly fill out a name change form, begin by downloading the form from our Michigan Name Change Instructions and Forms Package for an Adult. Provide your current legal name, the new name you wish to adopt, and any additional information requested. Carefully review the completed form for accuracy before submitting it to the appropriate court. Using our package can streamline this process, as it includes guidelines and tips on filling out the form correctly.

When changing your name in Michigan, you will need several key documents. Typically, you must provide your birth certificate, state-issued ID, and any court orders or marriage certificates relevant to your name change. The Michigan Name Change Instructions and Forms Package for an Adult details all necessary paperwork, making your preparation easier. It’s crucial to gather these documents ahead of time to avoid delays in your application process.

To fill a name correction form, start by obtaining the proper form tailored to your state requirements. Carefully review the instructions provided with the Michigan Name Change Instructions and Forms Package for an Adult; this package simplifies the process. Ensure that you accurately fill in your existing name, the corrected name, and include any required supporting documents. Once completed, follow the submission guidelines to ensure timely processing.

All you have to do is complete and file a petition for name change with the court. There are many reasons for officially changing your name. The most common are marriage and divorce. But if your birth name is Mergatroid or something like that, you might not need any other reason.

Social Security Administration. Department of Motor Vehicles. Passport Office. Post Office. IRS. Voter Registration. Banks and other financial institutions. Credit Card companies (or issuers)

Step 1 Fill-in Petition to Change Name Form PC51. Step 2 Arrange to Have Fingerprints Taken. Step 3 Pay Fingerprinting and Background Check Fee. Step 4 Gather Documents. Step 5 File Documents with Circuit Court. Step 6 Pay Filing Fee. Step 7 Publication of Name Change. Step 8 Pay Publication Fee.

Name Change Affidavit. Newspaper Publication. Name Change Deed. Request letter to the Secretariat. Name Change Statement. Reply Letter from the Secretariat. Publication Money Receipt. Gazette Notification.

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Michigan Name Change Instructions and Forms Package for an Adult

Note: This summary is not intended to be an all inclusive discussion of the law applicable to an action for change of name in Michigan, but does include basic and other provisions.

Name Change Action Allowed: In Michigan, a person may change their name by filing an action in the family division of the circuit court with appropriate forms.

Who is an adult? A person who has attained the age of 18 years is considered an adult.

Who is a minor? A person who has not attained the age of 18 years is considered a minor.

Is there any reason why a person might not be allowed to change his or her name? Yes. The court must find that the requested name change is based upon sufficient reason and is not sought with any fraudulent intent. A person is not allowed to change their name in order to avoid judgments or legal actions against him or her, or to avoid debts and obligations. A person can not change their name to defraud any person.

Requirements for Name Change Order: For an order of name change to be granted, the court must finds sufficient reasons for the change, that it is not sought with any fraudulent intent, and also that it is consistent with the public interest. A change of name upon marriage, dissolution, or divorce meets these requirements.

Is Publication of a Notice Required? Yes.

Who must be given notice of the Petition? The General Public by way of publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the jurisdiction in which the petitioner resides.

Can individuals object to my Petition for Name Change? Yes. Any reasonable objections made to the court may influence the court's findings as to whether the change of name is based on a sufficient reason and/or sought with any fraudulent intent.

Procedures: The process for obtaining a name change for an adult in the State of Michigan begins with the filing of a Petition with the family division of circuit court in the county in which Petitioner resides. The Petition informs the Court of the Petitioner's name, the name the Petitioner wishes to adopt, and the reasons for the requested change of name.

After the Petition is filed and the required fee is paid, the Court will set the Petition for a hearing and order publication of notice of the hearing.

At the time of the hearing, the Court will hear any reasonable objections to the requested relief, may question the Petitioner as to the reasons for the petition for name change, and consider any questions raised as to the petitioner's intent. The court then may rule granting or denying the petition.

Additonal Information and Instructions

Statutes:

Order changing name of adult, minor, or spouse and minor children:

(1) The family division of the circuit court for a county may enter an order to change the name of an individual who has been a resident of the county for not less than 1 year and who in accordance with subsection (2) petitions in writing to the court for that purpose showing a sufficient reason for the proposed change and that the change is not sought with a fraudulent intent. If the individual who petitions for a name change has a criminal record, the individual is presumed to be seeking a name change with a fraudulent intent. The burden of proof is on a petitioner who has a criminal record to rebut the presumption. The court shall set a time and place for hearing and, except as provided in section 3 of this chapter, order publication as provided by supreme court rule.
(2) An individual who is 22 years of age or older and who petitions to have his or her name changed shall have 2 complete sets of his or her fingerprints taken at a local police agency. The fingerprints, along with a copy of the petition and the required processing fees, shall be forwarded to the department of state police. The department of state police shall compare those fingerprints with its records and shall forward a complete set of fingerprints to the federal bureau of investigation for a comparison with the records available to that agency. The department of state police shall report to the court in which the petition is filed the information contained in the department's records with respect to any pending charges against the petitioner or a record of conviction of the petitioner and shall report to the court similar information obtained from the federal bureau of investigation. If there are no pending charges or record of conviction against the petitioner, the department of state police shall destroy its copy of the petitioner's fingerprints. The court shall not act upon the petition for a name change until the department of state police reports the information required by this subsection to the court.
(3) If the court enters an order to change the name of an individual who has a criminal records, the court shall forward the order to the central records division of the Michigan state police and to 1 or more of the following:
(a) The department of corrections if the individual named in the order is in prison or on parole or has been imprisoned or released from parole in the immediately preceding 2 years.
(b) The sheriff of the county in which the individual named in the order was last convicted if the individual was incarcerated in a county jail or released from a county jail within the immediately preceding 2 years.
(c) The court that has jurisdiction over the individual named in the order if the individual named in the order is under the jurisdiction of the family division of the circuit court or has been discharged from the jurisdiction of that court within the immediately preceding 2 years.
(4) The court may permit an individual having the same name, or a similar name to that which the petitioner proposes to assume, to intervene in the proceeding for the purpose of showing fraudulent intent.
(5) Except as provided in subsection (7), if the petitioner is a minor, the petition shall be signed by the mother and father jointly; by the surviving parent if 1 is deceased; if both parents are deceased, by the guardian of the minor; or by 1 of the minor's parents if there is only 1 legal parent available to give consent. If either parent has been declared mentally incompetent, the petition may be signed by the guardian for that parent. The written consent to the change of name of a minor 14 years of age or older, signed by the minor in the presence of the court, shall be filed with the court before an order changing the name of the minor is entered. If the court considers the child to be of sufficient age to express a preference, the court shall consult a minor under 14 years of age as to a change in his or her name, and the court shall consider the minor's wishes.
(6) If the petitioner is married, the court, in its order changing the name of the petitioner, may include the name of the spouse, if the spouse consents, and may include the names of minor children of the petitioner of whom the petitioner has legal custody. The written consent to the change of name of a child 14 years of age or older, signed by the child in the presence of the court, shall be filed with the court before the court includes that child in its order. Except as provided in subsection (7), the name of a minor under 14 years of age may not be changed unless he or she is the natural or adopted child of the petitioner and unless consent is obtained from the mother and father jointly, from the surviving parent if 1 is deceased, or from 1 of the minor's parents if there is only 1 legal parent available to give consent. If the court considers the child to be of sufficient age to express a preference, the court shall consult a minor under 14 years of age as to a change in his or her name, and the court shall consider the minor's wishes.
(7) The name of a minor may be changed pursuant to subsection (5) or (6) with the consent or signature of the custodial parent upon notice to the noncustodial parent as provided in supreme court rule and after a hearing in either of the following circumstances:
(a) If both of the following occur:
(i) The other parent, having the ability to support or assist in supporting the child, has failed or neglected to provide regular and substantial support for the child or, if a support order has been entered, has failed to substantially comply with the order, for 2 years or more before the filing of the petition.
(ii) The other parent, having the ability to visit, contact, or communicate with the child, has regularly and substantially failed or neglected to do so for 2 years or more before the filing of the petition.
(b) The other parent has been convicted of a violation of section 136b, 520b, 520c, 520d, 520e, or 520g of the Michigan penal code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.136b, 750.520b to 750.520e, and 750.520g, and the child or a sibling of the child is a victim of the crime.
(8) A false statement that is intentionally included within a petition for a name change constitutes perjury under section 422 of the Michigan penal code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.422. Michigan Compiled Laws, Probate Code of 1939, Act 288 of 1939, Chapters 711, Chapter XI Change of Name of Adult or Minor, Sec. 711.1.
Fee; certified copy of order:

The judge of the family division of circuit court shall require the person making a petition under section 1 of this chapter to pay to the court to be remitted to the county treasurer for the use of the county a fee of $10.00, and shall furnish to the petitioner, if desired, a certified copy of the order made in the matter, upon payment of the required statutory fee. Michigan Compiled Laws, Probate Code of 1939, Act 288 of 1939, Chapters 711, Chapter XI Change of Name of Adult or Minor, Sec. 711.2.

Publication or availability of record of proceeding; placement of individual in physical danger;

(1) In a proceeding under section 1 of this chapter, the court may order for good cause that no publication of the proceeding take place and that the record of the proceeding be confidential. Good cause under this section includes, but is not limited to, evidence that publication or availability of a record of the proceeding could place the petitioner or another individual in physical danger, such as evidence that the petitioner or another individual has been the victim of stalking or an assaultive crime.
(2) Evidence under subsection (1) of the possibility of physical danger must include the petitioner's or the endangered individual's sworn statement stating the reason for the fear of physical danger if the record is published or otherwise available. If evidence is offered of stalking or an assaultive crime, the court shall not require proof of an arrest or prosecution for that crime to reach a finding of good cause under subsection (1).
(3) A court officer, employee, or agent who divulges, uses, or publishes, beyond the scope of his or her duties with the court, information from a record made confidential under this section is guilty of a misdemeanor. This subsection does not apply to a disclosure under a court order.
(4) A confidential record created under this section is exempt from disclosure under the freedom of information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL 15.231 to 15.246.
(5) As used in this section, stalking means that term as defined in sections 411h and 411i of the Michigan penal code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.411h and 750.411i.

Other Name Change References

Divorced woman; change of name:

The circuit courts of this state, whenever a decree of divorce is granted, may, at the instance of the woman, whether complainant or defendant, decree to restore to her her birth name, or the surname she legally bore prior to her marriage to the husband in the divorce action, or allow her to adopt another surname if the change is not sought with any fraudulent or evil intent. Michigan Ciompiled Laws, Chapter 552 Divorce, Act 299 of 1905, Sec.552.391 [M.S.A. 25.181 ].

Michigan Name Change Instructions and Forms Package for an Adult

Note: This summary is not intended to be an all inclusive discussion of the law applicable to an action for change of name in Michigan, but does include basic and other provisions.

Name Change Action Allowed: In Michigan, a person may change their name by filing an action in the family division of the circuit court with appropriate forms.

Who is an adult? A person who has attained the age of 18 years is considered an adult.

Who is a minor? A person who has not attained the age of 18 years is considered a minor.

Is Publication of a Notice Required? Yes.

Who must be given notice of the Petition? The General Public by way of publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the jurisdiction in which the petitioner resides.

After the Petition is filed and the required fee is paid, the Court will set the Petition for a hearing and order publication of notice of the hearing.

Additonal Information and Instructions

Statutes:

Order changing name of adult, minor, or spouse and minor children:

Publication or availability of record of proceeding; placement of individual in physical danger;

Other Name Change References

Divorced woman; change of name:

Michigan Name Change Instructions and Forms Package for an Adult

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What this form package covers

Forms included in this package

Related forms

When this form package is needed

Who needs this form package

How to complete these forms

Notarization guidance for this package

Common mistakes to avoid

Benefits of using this package online

Quick recap

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Form popularity

FAQ

Where to bring Name Change documents?

What documents are needed for a Name Change?

How to fill a name change form?

What paperwork is needed for name change in Michigan?

How to fill a name correction form?

How do you change your name for free?

What needs to be changed after a name change?

How do I change my name legally in Michigan?

How can I change my name in all documents?

How do I legally change my last name in Michigan?

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