USA Common Law Name Change info

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Check out these legal papers:
There is No Such Thing as a “Legal Name” by J. Remy Green and Austin A. Baker

Making a Name for Themselves by Cori Alonso-Yoder

Privacy and Common Law Names: Sand in the Gears of Identification by Adam Candeub


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*Last updated 5/5/2024

“The common-law right to change one's name is not merely a theoretical option, it is a real and recognized one.”
Matter of Furick,
33 Misc. 3d 169 - NY: Supreme Court, Dutchess (2011)

“Contrary to the apparent thought suggested in
argument in this case, there is no such thing as a ‘legal name.’”
Loser v. Plainfield Sav. Bank,
149 Iowa 672, 677 (1910)


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