Fill and Sign the Name Change Instructions and Forms Package for an Adult Cook County Only Illinois

Prepared by U.S. Legal Forms, Inc. Copyright 2017 - U.S. Legal Forms, Inc. STATE OF ILLINOIS NAME CHANGE ADULT PACKET Control Number – IL-NAME-1 [Cook County, IL] This packet contains the following: 1. Instructions ; 2. Forms List ; and 3. Access to Illinois Law Summary. I. EXPLANATION OF PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME A. In Illinois, 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 an Adult Name Change in the State of Illinois. B. You can use this packet if: ► You are at least 18 years of age and have been a resident of the county in which you will fle for at least six (6) months. ► You must have no convictions on any felonies, or misdemeanors requiring registration in the Sex Ofenders Ofce, or you will have to wait 10 years before fling for a name change. ► 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. Chancery Division Civil Cover Sheet – (IL-NC-100) This form requests required information for the Court’s use. B. Petition for Change of Name – (IL-NC-101) This document states the reasons and other required details for your name change. It also includes the Afdavit that contains verifcation of the petition from someone other than the petitioner. C. Notice of Publication – (IL-NC-103) Notice that your Petition has been fled and the matter has been set for hearing. This should be published in the newspaper prior to the hearing. D. Judgment Order – (IL-NC-104) 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. 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 (ADULT) FOR THE STATE OF ILLINOIS 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. Check your spelling carefully, a misspelled word can delay your name change. 3. After the forms are completed, print three (3) complete sets of forms. 4. All forms with a heading – the name of the court, the 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 Petitioner. The “Action/Cause No.” will be assigned by the court clerk at the time of fling. 5. Forms that require your 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 is available and can be printed for your State. To do so, go to the end of this package and select the Law Summary link under the form title and print. Review the Law Summary before beginning the process of completing the forms. B. Procedure Step One: The initial question in fling a name change action in Cook is whether you will fle downtown at Daley Center or in one of the suburban branch courts. Five major suburban areas contain court locations for the Cook County Judicial District: Skokie, Rolling Meadows, Maywood, Bridgeview, and Markham. You may fle at any of the courts without concern for where you reside. The general procedure is the same for all the suburban locations in the sense that the overall steps – obtain return date, publish notice, fle Petition, and Hearing - are the same. The locations are: Richard J. Daley Center Chancery Division 50 West Washington Street Chicago, Illinois 60602 (312) 603-4181 District 2 Municipal District Courthouse 5600 Old Orchard Road Room 136 Skokie, IL. 60077 (847) 470-7250 District 3 Municipal District Courthouse 2121 Euclid Avenue Room 121 Rolling Meadows, IL 60008 (847) 818-3000 District 4 Municipal District Courthouse 1500 Maybrook Avenue Room 236 Maywood, IL 60153 (708) 865-6040 District 5 Municipal District Courthouse 10220 South 76 th Avenue Bridgeview, IL 60455 (708) 974-6500 District 6 Municipal District Courthouse 16501 South Kedzie Parkway Room 119 Markham, IL 60428 (708) 232-4551 Name Changes may be fled at any of the municipal district court locations or Downtown at the Richard J. Dailey Center. The fling fee at all locations is $3337.00. The publication of notice fee varies depending on the publication used. Step Two: Once forms are completed, take them (Name Change, Judgment, and Cover Sheet) — including the notarized Afdavit on the Petition--to any one of the outlying 5 Circuit Court district ofces: Rolling Meadows, Skokie, Maywood, Bridgeview, or Markham. Or, take the forms to the Circuit Court in the Richard J. Daley Center, 50 W. Washington, Room 1202 between the hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. If you need assistance, there is an Advisory Help Desk in Room 1303 to answer any questions. Once forms are completed, pay the fee--at this time it is $3337.00 and have your copies of the forms “Filed” stamped. You will be given a court day, judge, room number and time to appear in court at least 8 weeks from the date of fling. This is in order to allow for unanticipated delays in completing the required publication. Step Three: Once you have the hearing date, you have to publish the Notice. The chancery clerk’s ofce will refer you to a newspaper that will publish the Notice of Publication. At the Cook County Chancery Court – Daley Center, the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin maintains a desk in room 1303. In the branch courts you will be referred to a newspaper. The Notice must be published for three (3) consecutive weeks. There will be a fee for the publication. The amount varies with the newspaper. The fee is payable in advance by cash, personal check, or credit card. You have the option of publishing at any newspaper that is qualifed to public legal notices in Cook County. Step Four: The Certifcate of Publication, aka “publication piece” will be provided to you and you must bring it to court at the time of your hearing. It is provided by the newspaper and will generally be sent directly to the petitioner after the fnal required publication. Some newspapers may require the petitioner pick it up at the newspaper. The petitioner should verify with the newspaper how they handle the Certifcate of Publication or “publication piece”. Once the Certifcate of Publication is received it is time to prepare for the Hearing. Step Five: Next go to the courtroom and wait for your case to be called. Get there at least 45 minutes early.Take a seat in the audience section of the courtroom until your case is called. When your case is called, stand up, announce your presence to the judge, and say that you are representing yourself. When the judge indicates, walk to the podium. Occasionally, the judge may ask that the Petitioner be sworn in to testify from the witness stand about the information in your Petition. You will need to have with you the following: 1. Photo Identifcation 2. Stamped “Filed” of the Petition for Change of Name; Notice of Publication; and Certifcate of Publication from the newspaper. 3. Judgment Order Always address the judge as "Your Honor." Be courteous to all court personnel. Answer any questions from the judge. Tell the judge that you have been a county resident for 6 months year immediately before fling the petition, and the reasons you want to change your name. Also, tell the judge that no one else will be afected by your name change. If someone will be afected, tell what that impact will be. Be prepared to tell the judge about any court cases in which you are involved, and whether you are on probation or parole. If everything is proper and there is good cause for changing your name, the judge will announce this at the end of the hearing. After the judge makes a decision, the judge will sign the Order you have prepared. Step Six: You should obtain sufcient certifed copies of the Order to make the necessary changes in your name in ofcial records, etc. CHECKLIST OF SUGGESTED PLACES TO CONTACT AS A RESULT OF YOUR NAME CHANGE * ILLINOIS DEPT. OF PUBLIC HEALTH Division of Vital Records 605 W. Jeferson St. Springfeld, IL 62702-5097 (217) 782-6553 Fax: (217) 523-2648 *SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION *ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES Driver’s License/Deputy Registrar TAX AUTHORITIES FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS Banks/Credit Cards/Mortgages UTILITIES CREDITORS PHYSICIANS AND DENTISTS MEDICAL/HEALTH INSURANCE CARRIER LIFE INSURANCE CARRIER PENSION FUND ADMINISTRATOR BOARD OF ELECTIONS BUREAU OF SUPPORT SCHOOLS, COLLEGES AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS BOARD OF CERTIFICATION U.S. CITIZENSHIPAND IMMIGRATION SERVICE EMPLOYER CHURCH LIBRARY * WILL REQUIRE A CERTIFIED COPY OF THE ENTRY CHANGING NAME NOTE: YOUR INDIVIDUAL SITUATION MAY REQUIRE YOU TO NOTIFY ADDITIONAL ORGANIZATIONS. IN MOST INSTANCES, PHOTOCOPIES WILL BE ACCEPTABLE. NOTIFICATION OF YOUR NAME CHANGE Now that you have completed the name change process and received your Order, Judgment or Decree of Name Change, it is very important that you immediately notify the necessary government agencies, business entities and individuals of your “new” name. To assist in this process, we have prepared a comprehensive “name change notifcation package” for your state. To “Preview” and order this package, please use the following link: http://www.uslegalforms.com/il/IL-9087.htm Good Luck with your new name! If we may be of assistance in the future, please contact Customer Service: 1-(877) 389-0141 - 8:30-5:00 Central Time Zone or http://www.uslegalforms.com/help/ 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 frst form feld and enter the required information. You will be able to navigate through the document from form feld to form feld using your tab key. Tab to a form feld and insert your data. If problems, please let us know. LAW SUMMARY You may access the law summary by going to this URL address: http://www.uslegalforms.com/il/IL-NAME-1.htm DISCLAIMER These materials were developed by U.S. Legal Forms, Inc. based upon statutes and forms for the State of Illinois. All Information and Forms are subject to this Disclaimer: All forms in this package are provided without any warranty, express or implied, as to their legal efect and completeness. Please use at your own risk. 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