Changing Name By Deed Poll questions (merged)

Oldernotwiser

bap98189 wrote: »

As others have said - Deed Poll.

Or if you live in Scotland you don't have to do anything. You can just start using his name as you are entitled to call yourself anything so long as it isn't for illegal reasons.

Actually, that's true in England as well.

Nicki

mirrorimage0 wrote: »

not the cheapest is it though

Cheaper than having to fork out for a will so you don't end up on the streets when your non-married partner dies, and losing the whole of your nil rate spousal exemption on the inheritance tax. Cheaper too than realising you aren't entitled to any share of the communal assets because you haven't been earning while you bring up the kids if the relationship breaks down.

If you don't want to, you don't have to tell anyone you've done it or invite anyone to the wedding. If you want to take his name, however, its hard to see what the objection is

Scottish_Lass_3

I remarried in 2000, and while my son has used/ been known by his stepfathers surname from the day of our marriage, he is now 18 and wishes to legally change to this surname.

It might sound a bit premature...but I am confused as to what will happen when/if he gets married himself.

If he changed his name by deed poll, will he be able to marry using this name - and his future wife take this name - even though his birth certificate will show his birth name?

Or should he, (or indeed, can he) apply to change his birth certificate to show his new name?

Thanks for any help
Lindsay

Savvy_Sue

I don't know, name changes have been discussed before however so doing a search may find something comprehensive.

However, I know someone whose mother told him 2 days before his marriage that he wouldn't be able to get married because his surname wasn't really Smith (as he'd always thought), it was Jones. I don't think he'd ever seen his birth certificate.

He and his fiancee headed off quickly to see the vicar, rather shocked and upset, and the vidar assured him that they COULD get married, his name was Jones as he'd always been known as Jones.

cazziebo

Scottish_Lass wrote: »

I remarried in 2000, and while my son has used/ been known by his stepfathers surname from the day of our marriage, he is now 18 and wishes to legally change to this surname.

It might sound a bit premature...but I am confused as to what will happen when/if he gets married himself.

If he changed his name by deed poll, will he be able to marry using this name - and his future wife take this name - even though his birth certificate will show his birth name?

Or should he, (or indeed, can he) apply to change his birth certificate to show his new name?

Thanks for any help
Lindsay

If you are Scottish, as your name suggests, then there is no need to change your name by deed poll. In Scotland you can be known by any name as long as it's not with intent to defraud.

My ex changed his name (because he didn't like his original name). when we got married the certificate said his known name ie first name, middle name, new name formerly first name second name original name. (Gosh that sounds confusing so for example John Robert smith formerly John robert jones). His brother, who also changed his name asked that the formerly did not appear on the certificate - we hadn't known you could request that.

When we split, I changed my children's name to my name (never changed it when I got married). Their birth certificates are in their original name, but everything else is in my surname - their passports etc. (they were under three then so it was easy to change)

Hope that helps

Harrysmum_2

Hi when i had my son he had his fathers name but after us splitting up and i remarried and change his name.It cost us £67 to do through a solicitor and we only needed his birth certif to show who he was.
Because he was born before a certain date we didnt need permision from his dad and we werent married(thank god).
Hope this helps a bit.

Penny_Watcher

I don't know if the law has changed now, but about 15 years ago I changed DD1's name from my maiden name to my married name by Statutory Declaration at the CAB (I think it was free ). All official paperwork (eg passport, NHS records, National Insurace, degree certificate etc) is in her 'new' name. The only official piece of paper with her old name on is her birth certificate.

*Thinking outloud here * Therefore the passport office must have accepted the Statutory Declaration as proof of name change.

Fruity1

When we got married we double barrelled our names. The woman at the registry office said we could call ourselves whatever we wanted. However when we moved house the solicitor said my OH had to change his name by deed poll. Think it cost about £70.

TediousPhoenix

I know this is a little off topic, but I just had a call from my boyfriend to say that he'd been to the passport office and was surprised how quickly and how very little information they needed to change his passport name.

A little background information - he was born in Hong Kong and moved here when he was one. The name on his birth certificate (and passport) was not exactly the same as the one he uses. So he changed his name to the way he spell his name in everyday use by deedpoll on the Internet for something like £15.

So today he took all his paperwork to the passport office and they didn't even want to see his birth certificate, just his passport and the deedpoll certificate.

In my opinion that's WAY too easy.

You could be a criminal or something and use that method to totally change your identity. Everything these days needs a passport, but, like he said, it's harder to apply to get into a casino than to get a new passport in a new name.

scotsgirl_3

My birth certificate says one name, but when my parents split ( never married) my mum started calling me by her surname - My passport was issued in this name when i was 15 ( mother had to send in a letter along with application) and that was that. I got married last year, and although i had to provide my birth certificate the marriage certificate was issued in my "known" name - i.e. my mums. I just had to be able to prove that I was known as that - so passport, bank account etc.

I'm in scotland btw