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YES, you can change a child's name without changing the status of the child within your family. You go to the courthouse and get a petition for name change. In my state the forms are on-line. It will ask you the reason for the name change and you have to have it notorized that you are not doing it bc of criminal reasons. You then pay the fee (around $10 here), and the court will contact you with a court date. You go before a judge and he/she will either grant or deny your request. You then go down to the Soc Security Admin and get a new SS number.
Both parents have to sign the petition to change the name.
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Riley
Mom to 6 amazing kids!
2 adult sons (by birth)
4 adopted kiddos through foster care
"God does not call the qualified. He qualifies the called!"
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