
If you have changed your name in the past, you must file the certified document showing that name change for each time your name changed.The translators signature must be notarized. Birth certificates that are not written in English must include a written translation signed by the person translating the birth certificate with a statement that they are fluent in the foreign language and English and that the translation is a true and accurate translation. This is available from the Registry of Vital Records or from the city or town where you were born.

A certified copy of your birth certificate (long-form).Petition to Change Name of Adult (CJP 27).Otherwise, if you are over 18 years old, you must file a case to change your name in the Probate and Family Court in the county where you live. citizen, you can request a name change from the federal government through this process. If you're in the process of becoming a naturalized U.S. When you become a naturalized citizen.You can't change a child’s name through a divorce.

If you're getting divorced and want to resume a name you have legally had in the past, you can ask to resume this former name in your Complaint for divorce (CJD-101), Joint Petition for Divorce form (pursuant to G.L. See Getting married in Massachusetts for more information. There are three situations when you don't have to file in court and pay a fee just to change your name: When you don't need to file a name change in court
