How do I change my name in Michigan?

 

• Go to your county's Probate Court.

• Get forms for name change and complete.

• Pay about $200 in fees.

• They will advertise the name change in the local Legal News.

• You will be directed to get fingerprinted for a background check.

• Wait 2 to 3 months.

• Stand before the Judge or their representive and swear there is no fraud involved in this change.

• They will sign your document.

• Take copies of this document to Social Security, Secretary of State, your bank, etc.

• Congradulations! Your name change is complete.

 

 

 

#TransMatters in Law

Name changes, gender markers, and the legal low down

Presented By OUTreach Pro Bono Project 

with the Outlaws of the University of Michigan Law School

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