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Name Change (Minor) Illinois Legal Aid Online provides a guided interview called an Easy Form that will help you fill out the forms. The Easy Form asks you questions and completes the necessary forms with your answers.
- New law amending name change requirements effective January 1, 2024
To better promote access to the legal name change process in...
- New law amending name change requirements effective January 1, 2024
There are statewide standardized forms available from the Illinois Supreme Court's website where you can access all of the required forms and find instructions on how to change your name, for both adults and minors.
You will need to fill out these two forms to begin the process to change your name: Request for Name Change (Adult): Asks the judge to change your name. Order for Name Change (Adult): The judge will sign this to approve or deny your request. You will need this to change your name on your:
1 sty 2024 · To better promote access to the legal name change process in Illinois, Public Act 102-1133 amends and repeals components of the name change process, the Illinois Code of Civil Procedure Change of Name section, the Arsonist Registration Act, the Sex Offender Registration Act, and the Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Registration Act.
A name change in Illinois (including a change to a hyphenated surname) first involves a multi-step process with the County Circuit Court to obtain a “Judgment Order to Change of Name” (Judgment Order) from the judge that is recorded with the Clerk of the Circuit Court.
If you want to legally change your name, you must fill out and file name change forms with the court. Then, you will have a hearing in front of a judge, and if the name change is granted, a judge will sign a document called an order approving your name change.
In Illinois, you can change your name back to a prior name as part of your divorce proceedings. If you do include a name change as part of your divorce, your final Divorce Decree will include a provision that grants your name change and will serve as your legal proof of name change.
