LGBT Chris filed for a legal name change (update: the judgement is in)

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Galvatron said:
I only hope he one day regrets this .

And I am never going to call him that. It's "Chris" forever.
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I will call him a him, and him christopher.. if he regrets the change and goes back, I will call him and her, and and call him christine.

Sperglord Dante said:
... do you think the clerk who handled the paperwork actually bothered to explain Chris how name change =/= sex change? Like, Chris probably thinks he's going to legally be a woman now.
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Part of me thinks chris doesnt care, he already thinks hes the most beautiful woman, he already knows hes lesbian soul. That all he needs in his eye. Other women will understand
 
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Ok Americans enlighten me. In the UK this is done by mail and it's called a Deed Poll. You prove that you are who you say you are with a few documents sent in an envelope and they send you a certificate that gives you a new legal name, easy. It'll only EVER get rejected if you try and change your name to something genuinely offensive like "Killmuslims McHolocaust". So in America he has to go to court, will this be a simple process or will he actually have to explain to a judge WHY he wants the name change because if so this is certainly something a field agent needs to go and watch.
 
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I don't believe, legally at least, one can change from a male name to a female name, at least not without actually getting a sex change, though I'm not certain if that's applicable in all areas of the US.

I do know that a statement of intent before a judge has to made to make sure the name isn't being changed to evade debts or other skeletons in the closet law enforcement would be interested in.

Edit: Turns out I was wrong.
 
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Sperglord Dante said:
... do you think the clerk who handled the paperwork actually bothered to explain Chris how name change =/= sex change? Like, Chris probably thinks he's going to legally be a woman now.
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No, Chris knows the difference.
LazarusOwenhart said:
Ok Americans enlighten me. In the UK this is done by mail and it's called a Deed Poll. You prove that you are who you say you are with a few documents sent in an envelope and they send you a certificate that gives you a new legal name, easy. It'll only EVER get rejected if you try and change your name to something genuinely offensive like "Killmuslims McHolocaust". So in America he has to go to court, will this be a simple process or will he actually have to explain to a judge WHY he wants the name change because if so this is certainly something a field agent needs to go and watch.
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No reason needed. These are generally granted without question as a regular practice. He might need to put out a notice in the local paper or something.
 
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Cynical said:
I don't believe, legally at least, one can change from a male name to a female name, at least not without actually getting a sex change, though I'm not certain if that's applicable in all areas of the US.

I do know that a statement of intent before a judge has to made to make sure the name isn't being changed to evade debts or other skeletons in the closet law enforcement would be interested in.
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There are no regulations about male or female names in any state.

Chris has to convince a judge that he has a good reason to change his name, and prove that he is not doing so to evade debts or commit other fraud. That's it.

It's not like it's illegal to give a child a opposite gendered name to begin with.
 
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Are we sure Chris and Phil aren't separated twins?

AFAIK, you can unofficially change your name to whatever you want by just telling your friends "call me Weedlord BonerHitler from now on". But to do so in the official sense, it's going to require far more than just a court appearance. For one thing, Chris will have to hash things out with Social Security. As overworked as they are, it would be easy for them to mistakenly still send Tugboats to Christian but since the banks would only have Christine, oops!

And a name change isn't going to erase all of the legal baggage Chris created. Those criminal records will still follow him around. If he thinks using a Trans card will be the new Autism card, he is going to be in for a lesson.
 
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facepalm said:
There are no regulations about male or female names in any state.

Chris has to convince a judge that he has a good reason to change his name, and prove that he is not doing so to evade debts or commit other fraud. That's it.

It's not like it's illegal to give a child a opposite gendered name to begin with.
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I stand corrected then.
 
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LazarusOwenhart said:
Ok Americans enlighten me. In the UK this is done by mail and it's called a Deed Poll. You prove that you are who you say you are with a few documents sent in an envelope and they send you a certificate that gives you a new legal name, easy. It'll only EVER get rejected if you try and change your name to something genuinely offensive like "Killmuslims McHolocaust". So in America he has to go to court, will this be a simple process or will he actually have to explain to a judge WHY he wants the name change because if so this is certainly something a field agent needs to go and watch.
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The US, aside from a few states,* has the most liberal naming laws on the planet. Heath Campbell's kids are still legally named things like "Adolf Hitler" and "Eva Braun." Though he's thankfully lost custody of all his spawn.

* California has an absurd restriction banning diacritics, which is why the Diaz brothers names aren't spelled D-Í-A-Z. But considering countries like Saudi Arabia regularly do shit like ban parents from naming their children any and all variants of "Benjamin" over a petty feud with a foreign county's PM, it's still peanuts.
 
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