Name Change After or During a Divorce Case
If you are getting divorced and want to change your name to back to your maiden name, you can usually do that in your divorce case.
Changing Your Legal Identification in California
We recommend you consider getting a court order if you are planning on changing your name.
This section shows you how to ask for a court order changing your gender, both in cases where you also want to change your name or when you only want to change your gender.
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