Q: J was under 18 when this was done, and was not aware of it until years later. i took the corrected birth certificate to ss office to get name corrected (went from Smith to Smith-Jones) and passport office. Explained the situation, and encountered no issues and my ss card and passport were corrected. Have been using smith-jones from then on. it has now been 10 years , but I worry that maybe my parents should have done something else before I started using the corrected name (ie smith-jones instead of just smith). I have gone to graduate school etc. on smith-jones (though college has been smith). maybe i am being overly cautious but I just wanted to ask if they did anything wrong of if since my birth certificate was corrected/ressiued that is my legal name and im ok without anything else.
A: David's Answer: If the birth certificate was changed, this should suffice. You may also wish to consider doing a change of name proceeding. -- David Bliven, Westchester Family Law attorney (www.blivenlaw.net
I am a former Family Court prosecutor and handle all divorce and family law matters, including contested and uncontested divorces, child custody/visitation, child support/paternity, adoptions, family offense (orders of protection), child abuse/neglect and juvenile delinquency. I practice primarily in Westchester (White Plains and vicinity) and the Bronx (Riverdale and vicinity). My website can be found at www.blivenlaw.net.
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