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I don't see the name change petition form online. Should we assume that the form you submitted to the court requesting the name change included the representation that you had not previously changed your name as an adult?

Honestly, it's hard to believe it's something that you would forget.

You know what your name was after your name was changed back to your father's. You know what your name was when you petitioned for a name change last year. At that time was your name the same as it was after the childhood name change, or was it different? When you looked up the court records from 2001, what did you discover?
Yes, there is a ticker indicating that I am not knowingly breaking the cited statute.

I haven't yet gotten that far (looking up court records) as I just received the notice; I'm not really even sure how I would go about looking up the court records. In any case, in my recollection is that the second childhood name change occurred when I was 16 (which would be 1998 or '99, not 2001). I'm not sure if some paperwork got delayed on that or something back in those days.

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Should we infer that you obtained an order approving your name change from the court, but that it was rejected by the Department of Vital Records some months after the court issued the order? How much time did you wait between when you obtained the order and when you submitted it to the Department of Vital Records?
As I said, Vital Records was experiencing some kind of back up when I initially ordered it back in July 2011. According to the Registrar of Deeds here in my county, only Vital Records in the capitol has the ability to process birth certificates. That means it has to handle birth certificate requests from all 100 counties. Due to this bureaucratic method, many months passed (got the letter on March 1) until I even knew about this problem. I foolishly assumed (I guess) that somehow these departments (social security, vital records, et cetera) were somehow officially related, and if there was any problem with the process I would be rejected with one the same as all the rest.

Thanks for the reply, though the idea of going to my old name is highly troubling for me; for the inconveniences in record-changing, of course, but more in the arena of the social aspects i.e. having to explain it to my new boss, word getting 'round, et cetera. Plus, I despise that name. I shall consult with a lawyer, I suppose. Thank you, again.