Bill Text: IN HB1047 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Change of name requirements.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2010-03-25 - Effective 07/01/2010 [HB1047 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2010-HB1047-Introduced.html
Citations Affected: IC 34-28-2.
Synopsis: Change of name requirements. Requires that a petition for
a change of name must: (1) include certain information for persons at
least 17 years of age; (2) be subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed)
under the penalties of perjury and before a notary public or other
person authorized to administer oaths; and (3) be filed with the circuit
court of the county in which the person resides. Specifies that a petition
for a change of name for a person at least 17 years of age must include:
(1) the person's date of birth; (2) the person's current residence address
and, if different, mailing address; (3) the person's valid Indiana driver's
license or identification card number; (4) a list of all previous names
used by the person; (5) proof that the person is a United States citizen;
(6) a statement concerning whether the person holds a valid United
States passport; and (7) a description of all judgments of criminal
conviction of a felony under the laws of any state or the United States
that have been entered against the person.
Effective: July 1, 2010.
January 5, 2010, read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary.
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(1) if applicable, include the information required by section 2.5 of this chapter;
(2) be subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed):
(A) under the penalties of perjury; and
(B) before a notary public or other person authorized to administer oaths; and
(3) be filed with the circuit court of the county in which the person resides.
(b) In the case of a parent or guardian who wishes to change the name of a minor child, the petition must be verified, and it must state in detail the reason the change is requested. In addition, except where a parent's consent is not required under IC 31-19-9, the written consent of a parent, or the written consent of the guardian if both parents are dead, must be filed with the petition.
(c) Before a minor child's name may be changed, the parents or guardian of the child must be served with a copy of the petition as required by the Indiana trial rules.
(1) The person's date of birth.
(2) The person's current:
(A) residence address; and
(B) if different than the person's residence address, mailing address.
(3) The person's valid:
(A) Indiana driver's license number; or
(B) Indiana identification card (as described in IC 9-24-16) number.
(4) A list of all previous names used by the person.
(5) Proof that the person is a United States citizen.
(6) A statement concerning whether the person holds a valid United States passport.
(7) A description of all judgments of criminal conviction of a felony under the laws of any state or the United States that have been entered against the person.
