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    Default Changing Your Name With a Discrepancy Between Birth Cert. and Social Securiity Card

    My question involves name change laws in the State of: Mass.

    I'm in the process of getting my name legally changed (paperwork has already been submitted to the court). Next step will be to get my bc and ss card changed, and then get a state ID. This will be my first state-issued ID as I have only recently turned 18 and had no prior ID/license.

    Here is my problem (*not real names):

    Birth certificate has the name Jane Lisa Brown
    SS card has the name Jane Lisa Doe
    Legal name change is Michael John Doe

    My name at birth (parents were not married so it is my mother's name) was sent to SSA before my birth certificate was issued (with my father's name). Will I be able to get my ss card changed from my birth name to my newest legal name? Or do I have to try to get it to match the birth certificate first? When I called SSA, the agent just said to bring all my documentation, but I'm not sure I have any. I did indicate the birth name on my name change petition. Will the court include that name on the order? And my mother uses my birth name on tax returns since that's the name associated with my ssn. Could I present copies of tax returns as proof?

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    Default Re: Changing Your Name With a Discrepancy Between Birth Cert. and Social Securiity Ca

    If you're eighteen, then it should not have been possible for you to get a Social Security number without having submitted your original birth certificate to the Social Security Administration. It seems more likely that your mother submitted a birth certificate with her name, then later added your father's name to your birth certificate through an acknowledgement of paternity. Ask you mother and, if that's what happened, see what records the Registry of Vital Records and Statistics holds of the original birth certificate and AOP.

    You should follow the instructions you received from the SSA before proceeding with your name change -- take in your documentation and try to get the issue corrected. Once the issue is resolved you can proceed with a name change that the SSA will recognize, rather than potentially making your situation even more complicated to resolve.

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    Default Re: Changing Your Name With a Discrepancy Between Birth Cert. and Social Securiity Ca

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    If you're eighteen, then it should not have been possible for you to get a Social Security number without having submitted your original birth certificate to the Social Security Administration. It seems more likely that your mother submitted a birth certificate with her name, then later added your father's name to your birth certificate through an acknowledgement of paternity. Ask you mother and, if that's what happened, see what records the Registry of Vital Records and Statistics holds of the original birth certificate and AOP.

    You should follow the instructions you received from the SSA before proceeding with your name change -- take in your documentation and try to get the issue corrected. Once the issue is resolved you can proceed with a name change that the SSA will recognize, rather than potentially making your situation even more complicated to resolve.

    She signed whatever forms at the hospital, and then went to the registry a month or two later and did the AOP and got the birth certificate amended. When I ordered a certified copy of my birth certificate, they only sent the amended one. I'll call the registry and see if there's a way to get a copy of the original and/or the AOP. Thank you.

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