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Charleston SC Family Lawyers | How to Change Your Name

January 19, 2017 By J. Michael DeTreville Leave a Comment

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Charleston SC family lawyers are called upon to assist our clients in having their names changed in three different situations:

1. Having a child’s name changed.

The most common scenario in which a parent may wish to change a child’s name is when the child shares a name with a parent who has been entirely absent from the child’s life. The child may feel that he or she is different or apart from close family members, siblings, and [Read more…]

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Charleston Divorce Attorney: Can I Change My Name When I Get Divorced?

December 10, 2013 By J. Michael DeTreville Leave a Comment

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I got a phone call the other day from a woman whose husband I had represented in their recent divorce. She represented herself in the divorce, so I suppose she didn’t know who else to turn to, but now two years after the divorce she wanted to know if the Decree of Divorce could be amended to allow her to change her name back to her maiden name.

I asked my staff to call her back and tell her I there was nothing I could do for her, and that she would need to contact independent counsel to go about changing her name. She wanted to know why I couldn’t help her, isn’t she entitled to change her n [Read more…]

Filed Under: Divorce, Name Change, Separation, testing, Uncategorized Tagged With: charleston county family court, charleston divorce, charleston divorce attorney, divorce, divorce lawyers in charleston sc, name change

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