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  • 06-23-2007, 11:11 AM
    Rilee
    Name Change for an Adult's Birth Certificate
    I was adopted by my step-father when I was 7, three years later my mother divorced and remarried within a year. My step-father who adopted me did not want anything to do with me after he divorced my mother. So until I married, my last name was not my birthname nor the last name of my mom, my second step-father or my step-sister. The name has no meaning and I want to rid of it. When I was 22 I reunited with my birthfather and have since had a great relationship with him for the last fifteen years. I want my birth certificate to reflect my birthfather's name. I was born in Virginia. Any advice on how I go about doing this?? My birth father wants this as well.
  • 06-23-2007, 11:16 AM
    aaron
    Re: Name Change for an Adult's Birth Certificate
    Consider adoption:
    Quote:

    Quoting Virginia Code § 63.2-1243. Adoption of certain persons eighteen years of age or over.
    A petition may be filed in circuit court by any natural person who is a resident of this Commonwealth (i) for the adoption of a stepchild eighteen years of age or over to whom he has stood in loco parentis for a period of at least three months; (ii) for the adoption of a close relative, as defined in § 63.2-1242.1, eighteen years of age or older; (iii) for the adoption of any person eighteen years of age or older who is the birth child of the petitioner or who had resided in the home of the petitioner for a period of at least three months prior to becoming eighteen years of age; or (iv) for the adoption of any person eighteen years of age or older, for good cause shown, provided that the person to be adopted is at least fifteen years younger than the petitioner and the petitioner and the person to be adopted have known each other for at least one year prior to the filing of the petition for adoption. Proceedings in any such case shall conform as near as may be to proceedings for the adoption of a minor child under this chapter except that:
    (a) No consent of either parent shall be required; and

    (b) The consent of the person to be adopted shall be required in all cases.
    Any interlocutory or final order issued in any case under this section shall have the same effect as other orders issued under this chapter; and in any such case the word "child" in any other section of this chapter shall be construed to refer to the person whose adoption is petitioned for under this section. The entry of a final order of adoption pursuant to this section which incorporates a change of name shall be deemed to meet the requirements of § 8.01-217.

    The provisions of this section shall apply to any person who would have been eligible for adoption hereunder prior to July 1, 1972.

  • 06-23-2007, 11:22 AM
    Rilee
    Re: Name Change for an Adult's Birth Certificate
    Wow, I am not even sure what that says - and I am not sure if it applies to me. I am asking that my birthfather, who was originally on my birth certificate, be placed back on. I am not asking to be re-adopted unless that it the only way my birthfather can get back on my birth certificate. Confused here.......
  • 06-23-2007, 11:58 AM
    aaron
    Re: Name Change for an Adult's Birth Certificate
    You can wait and see if somebody else can think of another way.
  • 06-23-2007, 12:55 PM
    Baystategirl
    Re: Name Change for an Adult's Birth Certificate
    Quote:

    Quoting Rilee
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    Wow, I am not even sure what that says - and I am not sure if it applies to me. I am asking that my birthfather, who was originally on my birth certificate, be placed back on. I am not asking to be re-adopted unless that it the only way my birthfather can get back on my birth certificate. Confused here.......

    You can change your name to whatever you want but if you want your Birth-father to appear on your birth certificate you must be adopted by him.
  • 06-23-2007, 01:04 PM
    jojo4
    Re: Name Change for an Adult's Birth Certificate
    Yep. What they said. When your SF adopted you, your father's parental rights were terminated. He is no longer LEGALLY your father. He is a legal stranger. Unless he adopts you, there will be no legal relationship, no matter what you change your name to.
  • 06-23-2007, 03:55 PM
    Rilee
    Re: Name Change for an Adult's Birth Certificate
    Hey all, thank you for that bit of info. I understand now and since my birth father does want to be on my birth certificate because he wishes he never gave me up in the first place - this will bring closure for all involved. I appreciate all the help - take care!!!!!
  • 06-23-2007, 09:02 PM
    jojo4
    Re: Name Change for an Adult's Birth Certificate
    Glad you found the answers you needed. :)
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