Fill and Sign the Missouri Name Change Instructions and Forms Package for a Minor Missouri

Prepared by U.S. Legal Forms, Inc. Copyright 2016 - U.S. Legal Forms, Inc. STATE OF MISSOURI NAME CHANGE MINOR PACKET Control Number – MO-NAME-2 This packet contains the following: 1. Instructions ; 2. Forms List ; and 3. Access to the Missouri Law Summary . I. EXPLANATION OF PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME A. In Missouri, an action for a court ordered Change of Name begins with the fling of a Petition in the Circuit Court. The Petition must contain certain information. The forms in this packet include the necessary information for a Minor Name Change in the State of Missouri. B. You can use this packet if: ► You are less than 18 years of age. ► You have proper and reasonable cause for the requested change of name. ► You are not changing your name to avoid debts or defraud creditors. II. WHAT FORMS ARE INCLUDED A. Family Court Coversheet - (MO-NC-17) The document in which you provide the court certain information about the parties. B. Verifed Petition for Change of Name - (MO-NC-103) This document states the reasons and other required details for your name change. C. Order of Name Change - (MO-NC-105) This is the fnal statement of the legalities and terms of your name change. Once this form is signed by the Judge and fled with the court, the name change is efective. D. Public Notice of Name Change - (MO-NC-106) This certifes that the name change has been ordered. This is signed by the clerk and can be used as proof of the Judgment. E. Consent to Name Change - (MO-NC-200) This document provides the written consent of any necessary individuals who are not party to the action. F. Application for Appointment of Next Friend - (MO-NC-107) The document in which you request that the court appoint a next friend for the minor child. If you did not order a completion package and need access to the download page again for any of the above forms, please check your email for a link to that will redisplay the page for you. III. PROCEDURE FOR CHANGE OF NAME (MINOR) FOR THE STATE OF MISSOURI A. Preliminary Note: 1. The attached forms may be completed by: a. Printing the forms and completing by hand. Use black ink and print neatly. b. Printing the forms and completing using a typewriter. c. By completing the forms on your computer using a word processing program and then printing the forms. 2. Use complete names and not initials. 3. Print three (3) complete sets of forms. 4. All forms with a heading – the name of the court, the Minor Petitioner’s name, the case number, and the name of the document – require that the heading be completed. You will need to add the name of the court and the full name of the Minor Petitioner. The “Case No.” will be assigned by the court clerk at the time of fling. 5. Forms that require you signature and include a notary block MUST be signed in the presence of the notary or court clerk who will complete the acknowledgement. Use your complete name – frst name, middle name, last name. 6. When a form is fled with the court, request the clerk “fle- stamp” one copy of the form for your fle. 7. A Law Summary has been included at the end of this form packet. Review the Law Summary before beginning the process of completing the forms. B. Procedure Step 1: Complete all the forms using complete names – middle names instead of middle initials. Step 2: File the Petition, the written Consent of both Parents, if living, and the Order in the Circuit Court in the county in which the Minor Petitioner resides. The Court Clerk will inform you of the hearing date. Step 3: If the written consent of a parent is not fled, the Minor Petitioner must serve the non-consenting parent with a copy of the Petition and give written notice of the date of the hearing. This notice must be served by certifed or registered mail not less than 30 days prior to the hearing to the last known address of the non-consenting parent. Step 4: At the hearing, any persons objecting to the requested Name Change will be heard by the Court; and the Court may examine, upon oath, the Parent or Guardian of the Minor Petitioner, the Minor Petitioners(s), or other persons concerning the Petition. Step 5: If the Court is satisfed (1) that the Minor Petitioner has complied with the statutory requirements concerning the contents of the Petition; (2) that the desired change would be proper; and, (3) that it would not be detrimental to the interests of any other person, the Court will issue the Order of Name Change. Step 6: After the Court signs the Order of Name Change, take the Notice of Name Change to the designated newspaper and request publication at least three (3) times within the 20 days following the signing of the Order. At the end of the publication period, you will be able to obtain from the newspaper an Afdavit of Publication with an attached copy of the published Notice of Hearing. An afdavit form is included in this package but many newspapers supply this form. The afdavit and attachment are then fled with the Clerk of the Court. NOTE ABOUT COMPLETING THE FORMS The forms in this packet contain “form felds” created using Microsoft Word. “Form felds” facilitate completion of the forms using your computer. They do not limit you ability to print the form “in blank” and complete with a typewriter or by hand. If you do not see the gray shaded form felds, go the View menu, click on Toolbars, and then select Forms. This will open the forms toolbar. Look for the button on the forms toolbar that resembles a shaded letter “a”. Click in this button and the form felds will be visible. The forms are locked which means that the content of the forms cannot be changed. You can only fll in the information in the felds. If you need to make any changes in the body of the form, it is necessary for you “unlock” or “unprotect” the form. IF YOU INTEND TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE CONTENT, DO SO BEFORE YOU BEGIN TO FILL IN THE FIELDS. IF YOU UNLOCK THE DOCUMENT AFTER YOU HAVE BEGUN TO COMPLETE THE FIELDS, WHEN YOU RELOCK, ALL INFORMATION YOU ENTERED WILL BE LOST. To unlock click on “Tools” in the Menu bar and then selecting “unprotect document”. You may then be prompted to enter a password. If so, the password is “uslf”. That is uslf in lower case letters without the quotation marks . After you make the changes relock the document before you being to complete the felds. After any required changes and re-protecting the document, click on the first form field and enter the required information. You will be able to navigate through the document from form field to form field using your tab key. Tab to a form field and insert your data. If problems, please let us know. 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