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[secret-x-stars.livejournal.com]

hi, new here, obsessed with names, i plan on posting here quite often, i had no idea this community existed! haha.

I HAVE A QUESTION. i don't know if anyone would happen to know, but i think it's related enough.

i was cursed enough to be named Jessica (no offense to other Jessica's, it's just 'not me'). the rest of my name is pretty awful, too. at the age of 12, i had decided that i want to be called Lorelei Black. i'm nearly 17 now, and i've been deadset on it. i'm still deciding on a middle name, i've been tossing around a few... but i'm positive i want to do this. almost everyone i know calls me Lorelei.

my question is, has anyone else done this here, and could they describe the process and fees, especially? i have a job and my parents have no objection to me doing it before i'm eighteen... i really want it done because i'm starting college in a month, and i want my named changed as early as i can as to not confuse everyone, and so i can have it on my degree (obviously it won't be done in a month, haha, but yeah).

so if anyone can help, that'd be awesome. :D

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[muliebrity.livejournal.com]

The procedure varies from state to state, as does the cost. Google your state and "name change." That should get you started.

[secret-x-stars.livejournal.com]

see, i did that haha. i live in NY, and the pricing is quite ambiguous... i've heard anything from 65$ to nearly 550$. i don't know what the price is dependent on, i think it's whether you end up needing an attorney? and i don't even understand in what case that may occur.

[muliebrity.livejournal.com]

http://www.nycourts.gov/courthelp/forms.html

Scroll down to civil law forms, then it lists the forms for minors and adults. It'd probably be easier to wait until you were 18 to change it from that standpoint.