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From: moiram@tektronix.UUCP (Moira Mallison )
Newsgroups: net.legal,net.women
Subject: Re: Name Changes
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Date: Thu, 29-Aug-85 14:23:48 EDT
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Reply-To: moiram@tektronix.UUCP (Moira Mallison )
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Summary: 

>> Moira Mallison
>> I changed my name "by common usage" about ten years ago.  Meaning
>> that I have no official document stating that I paid $ to a court
>> to do it; 

> Gary Benson
>I changed my name by the legal route, and it involved paying absolutely NO $
>to a court...
>I wanted to correct the impression that you left your readers with that a
>name change might involve some high-buck court costs or something...

This is a matter of state law.  In California (where I lived at the time),
it is considered legal to change one's name by common usage.  In some 
states, it is not.  

I checked into what it would take to get a "legal document" here in Oregon
when I was decided I wanted a passport.  It is about $50, payable to some
court or other.  Not a *high* legal cost, I agree. 
	
Moira Mallison
tektronix!moiram