Changing your name touches 30+ accounts: Social Security, your license, passport, bank, employer, the lot. Get the full step-by-step guide plus every approved form for $39, or have a specialist fill the forms out for you and deliver them within 48 hours for $149.
Whether you need a court order comes down to why you're changing your name. We detect it automatically. Here's the gist.
Taking, hyphenating, or blending a spouse's name. Your marriage certificate is all the legal authority you need.
Reclaiming a former name. If your decree restores it, you're set. No separate order required.
A fresh start, a family name, gender affirmation. Most states need a court order. We include the petition and walk you through filing.
Here's the part people dread. We split it in two: the official forms we fill for you, and a tidy checklist for the everyday accounts you tick off.
Government forms, pre-filled and ready to sign.
A printed checklist so nothing slips through.
…plus a dozen more on the list. You'll never wonder “did I forget one?”
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A real, redacted excerpt of a court order changing a name (the court-order route). Click each part to see where it lives.
In the Matter of the Application of Jordan A. Lee
This matter having been opened to the Court by Jordan Avery Lee, residing at 219 Maple Street, Trenton, NJ, for a judgment authorizing a change of name, and the Court having considered the application;
The Court finds that the applicant currently bears the name Jordan Avery Lee and seeks to assume the name Jordan Avery Rivera, and that the application is not made with any intent to defraud or evade creditors or the law.
That the applicant, Jordan Avery Lee, is hereby authorized to assume the name Jordan Avery Rivera effective immediately, and that this Judgment shall serve as legal proof of said change before all agencies.
No tricks. Here's what actually matters when you change your name.
Traditional law firms
$500 – $1,500 typicalGuide or done-for-you.
$39 – $149 BEST VALUEDoing it on your own
$0 + your timeTaking a spouse's name, hyphenating, or blending into something new. Our most popular reason. Bring your marriage certificate and you're set.
Reclaiming a former name. If your decree restores it, no court order needed. We map it to every agency.
A name that fits you. We handle gender-marker updates alongside the name where the agency allows it, with zero awkwardness.
A fresh start, a family name, a spelling fixed at last. Personal changes can need a court order. We tell you exactly when, and help you get it.
Marriage and divorce name changes work the same everywhere. But a court-ordered change has its own filing fee, court, and (in some states) a newspaper-publication rule. Tap your state for the local details.
“Hyphenated my name on a Tuesday lunch break. The Social Security card showed up two weeks later. That was the whole ordeal.”
“Reclaiming my maiden name felt like a big emotional thing. They quietly made the paperwork the easy part of it.”
“Updating my name to match who I am was handled with zero awkwardness, and they got the court to waive publication for me.”
The questions people ask most before changing their name. Anything else, our team's a chat away.
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