Change of surname

claire16c

Yeah unless you're like in some kind of witness protection thing I can't see why you would need to change your kids names & your own first & middle name.

Even my SIL who needed to get away from an ex just changed her surname not her first name or her kids!

cheeswright

"Various people such as doctors will not change the surname unless they have a deedpoll and it is done legally. I tried to do this prior to the deedpoll."

this is just plain wrong a witnessed deedpole with the correct wording can be written by anyone - having a company do it dosnt make it any more legal !

make lots of copies and then have them ALL individually signed by yourselves and your witnesses - then you can just have a day sending them out...rather than one task after another


make a table of everything you can think of you will need to change
put passport at the top - you can then use your passport as id for other people - you will for instance need this to update your driving licence..

add some columns like "email sent" ( scaned copy of deedpoll good enough for lots of people)
letter sent
reply recieved
further action needed
forms printed
etc

leave lots of lines on the bottom - you will think of new things as you go along
buy a lot of stamps - and spend an evening printing of self addressed envelopes to get your deedpolls back

stick your list to the wall and just work through it...
I did most of mine in a day...

have fun
oh....and dont forget to buy everyone t shirts or necklaces with your new names on - wear them for a few weeks whilst people get used to the idea
other people can be surprisingly resistant to learning new names...