Category: Name Change

By Judy Hale Reed, Esq., Associate Attorney, of [nap_names id=”FIRM-NAME-1″] Under Pennsylvania law, any parent can give their child any surname: the mother’s, the fathers, a hybrid, or an unrelated name. To change the name of a child, however, requires the moving party-that is, the person trying to change the...

Even if a person is never involved in any form of litigation throughout his or her life, there are still a number of occasions where the assistance of a lawyer may be needed. One such instance occurs when a person wants to change his or her legal name. There are...