Illinois · 10 forms
Name Change
Adult name and gender-marker changes.
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Request for Name Change
This form is used to ask the court to officially change a person's legal name. It asks for details about the person's current name, desired new name, and personal history, including criminal records.
Fillable PDFStart a case
Eff. Mar 1, 2025
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Request for Name Change - Additional Children
This form is used to ask the court to change the name of a minor child. It asks for detailed information about the child, the person filling out the form, and the child's history.
Fillable PDFStart a case
Eff. Oct 1, 2025
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Request for Name Change - Child Information
This form is used to ask the court to change the name of a minor child. It asks for detailed information about the child, the person filling out the form, and the child's history.
Fillable PDFStart a case
Eff. Oct 1, 2025
- ATJ 308.1
Motion to Impound
This form is a request to the court to keep the records for a name change case private, which is called 'impounding' the case. It asks the judge to keep the records private because the filer believes making them public would cause a hardship related to their health or safety.
Fillable PDFMotions
Eff. Mar 1, 2025
- ATJ 354.5
Request for Name Change - Additional Parent
This form is used to ask the court to change the name of a minor child and to list any other parents or people who have legal rights to the child. It asks for information about these other people and how they will receive official notice of the name change request.
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Eff. Oct 1, 2025
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Statement on Trying to Provide Notice
This form is a sworn statement used when a person cannot give actual notice to the other parent during a name change case for a minor child. It asks the filer to detail all the efforts they have made to locate and notify the other parent.
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Eff. Oct 1, 2025
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Notice of Court Date Request for Name Change
This form is a notice that tells people about a scheduled court date for a name change involving minor children. It also asks the person filing the form to show that they sent copies of the request to other parents or guardians.
Fillable PDFHearing
Eff. Oct 1, 2025
- ATJ 309.1
Order to Impound
This form is an order that a judge uses to decide if a person's name change case file should be kept private. It records the judge's decision on whether to keep the court records private or public.
Fillable PDFJudgment
Eff. Mar 1, 2025
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Order for Name Change
This form is an official court order that, if signed by a judge, legally changes a person's name. It records the person's old legal name and the new name that the court approves.
Fillable PDFJudgment
Eff. Mar 1, 2025
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Letter to Sheriff
This letter is used to send official court papers to a Sheriff's office. It asks the Sheriff to serve the documents on other people involved in a name change case for a minor child.
Fillable PDFGeneral & info
Eff. Oct 1, 2025