Bill Text: IN SB0311 | 2013 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Petition for name change.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-02-26 - First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary [SB0311 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2013-SB0311-Amended.html
January 30, 2013
SENATE BILL No. 311
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DIGEST OF SB 311
(Updated January 28, 2013 2:03 pm - DI 106)
Citations Affected: IC 34-28.
Synopsis: Petition for name change. Permits a court, for good cause
shown, to waive the requirement that a person petitioning for a change
of name must include the person's Indiana driver's license number or
Indiana identification card number.
Effective: July 1, 2013.
Lanane
January 8, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Civil Law.
January 29, 2013, amended, reported favorably _ Do Pass.
January 30, 2013
First Regular Session 118th General Assembly (2013)
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SENATE BILL No. 311
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning civil
law and procedure.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
SOURCE: IC 34-28-2-2.5; (13)SB0311.1.1. -->
SECTION 1. IC 34-28-2-2.5, AS ADDED BY P.L.61-2010,
SECTION 2, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2013]: Sec. 2.5. (a) If a person petitioning for a change of
name under this chapter is at least seventeen (17) years of age, the
person's petition must include at least the following information:
(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;
unless the court, for good cause shown, waives the requirement of including information in the petition under this subdivision.
(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.
(b) A petition under subsection (a) is subject to Indiana Rules of Court Administrative Rule 9.
(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;
unless the court, for good cause shown, waives the requirement of including information in the petition under this subdivision.
(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.
(b) A petition under subsection (a) is subject to Indiana Rules of Court Administrative Rule 9.
