Melanie now legally exists!

[melimelo]

Yesterday, I picked up at the Courthouse my approved and official Petition for a Name Change. And it was so anti-climactic...

(Clerk) Here you are. How many official copies do you want?
(me) Errr, is 4 OK?
(Clerk) That's gonna be 102$

Still, it will be a couple of months before I can really use, due to personal legal issues, but it feels good to have it.

Cheers,

[RockerTerri]

Awesome!

Now comes the fun of sending a copy of that to everyone you have ever met, done business with, and even a few that you never even knew existed!

Congratulations on a huge step!

[Traci Elizabeth]

Yesterday, I picked up at the Courthouse my approved and official Petition for a Name Change. And it was so anti-climactic...

(Clerk) Here you are. How many official copies do you want?
(me) Errr, is 4 OK?
(Clerk) That's gonna be 102$

Still, it will be a couple of months before I can really use, due to personal legal issues, but it feels good to have it.

Cheers,

Congrats! I know this means a lot. I am not quite sure how you can not use it for a couple of months as that is now your legal name but then again, we can call ourselves whatever we want in the good US of A! :D

[Kaitlyn Michele]

:drink::drink::drink:

just stay under the legal limit!!!

you are likely to find that having your real name will mean even more to you as the days go by

:hugs:

[luvSophia]

Congrats Melanie, it is a great feeling, isn't it? Mine was legal for about 6 or 7 weeks before I actually started changing anything. And now, four months later, I am still at it!

[carolinoakland]

Congratulations Melanie! Honey, if you'd filled out a fee waiver you would have gotten those four copies for free.But congrats! Now how about that DMV form? Got that filled out and signed by your endo? Let's get that F on that drivers license. Carol

[Gerrijerry]

how wonderful you must feel. I did the same changed it from Jerry nick name to Gerri legal. You know no one ever said a word about it.

[SirTrey]

Congratulations, Melanie....Changing your name is a very exciting thing....I know I was really excited when I changed Mine, too....So big congrats and best of luck....:thumbsup::drink:

[CharleneT]

. . .
Still, it will be a couple of months before I can really use, due to personal legal issues, but it feels good to have it.

Cheers,

Congratulations Melanie!

You know, be careful of the time between changing your name and using it. Legally you can't use the old name... be especially careful of getting your ID's and credit cards matching up at about the same time. Very shortly after name change I had to make an emergency trip to California to visit my sick Mom. Got to the car rental place and they would not rent me the car because of my CC's having my old name and Dr. lic having the new one ... I even had a copy of the court order etc with me.

Aren't those xerox's pricey !!! All that money for embossing the sheet with the county seal .... arrrggg.... !!

[pamela_a]

That's fantastic Melanie. I just got mine changed 2 months ago and I know it's a wonderful feeling.

Congratulations and have fun changing everything now.

:hugs:

[Faith_G]

Yay! :hugs:

Hopefully I'll be posting something similar in about 3 months. :happy:

[Dawn D.]

WooHoo! Congrats, Melanie! Just kinda' makes your day, doesn't it?


Dawn

[Sharon]

Congratulations, Melanie!!! :hugs:

Having my name made legit was a major milestone for me and even made dealing with the DMV, Social Security, assorted creditors, and the such a very enjoyable experience for me when filling out the paperwork or explaining over the telephone.

[Kimberly Marie Kelly]

Just wait till people start using the name all the time with you. In time you won't even remember your previous name. For me, I was the one making mistakes all the time, I'd answer the phone with "Mike Kelly how can I help you?" and people would say to me "Kim that's not your name, get with it girl", or something similar. Enjoy your name, it is yours now. Kimberly Marie Kelly :battingeyelashes:

[ellenwannabe]

congrats to you - enjoy - Ellen

[Leo Lane]

That's fantastic, Melanie! I've always thought Melanie's a beautiful name. Congrats.

[Jorja]

Congratulations, Melanie!!!!!

I know that it is a big relief to get this off your mind.

I filed for a return of my virginity with my new birth certificate, they just laughed at me:)

[Sheila]

Congratulations, Melanie, a big day :)

[Midnight Skye]

Thats fantastic Melanie, congratulations!

[melimelo]

Thank you all for the nice replies. It makes the wait even harder...

To explain things a bit, my wife and I are filing divorce in Canada in a few months. And since I'm Canadian, I have the start the long sequence of name change in Canada. So to avoid making the divorce more painful than it already is, I agreed to wait after the divorce is completed before starting my name change process. Something like the day after... :devil:

Thanks again!

[Traci Elizabeth]

That is a noble thing you are doing to wait to use your new name until after your legal proceedings are over. I wish you well.