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Marc A. Rapaport, Esq.
Marc Rapaport is the founder and CEO of Empire State Legal Forms, Inc. He served as an attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., and he presently maintains a law firm in Manhattan, focusing on employment, commercial and matrimonial litigation. In 1999, Mr. Rapaport was a pioneer in providing legal forms over the Internet. Today, Empire State Legal Forms has over 120 legal forms websites and serves all jurisdictions in the United States. We are based in New York's Empire State Building, and we maintain word processing facilities in India. Mr. Rapaport has been featured in the National Law Journal, the New York Law Journal, New York Magazine, and more.
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WE CAN PREPARE YOUR NEW YORK NAME CHANGE FORMS WHILE YOU WAIT. WE ARE CONVENIENTLY LOCATED IN MIDTOWN MANHATTAN, IN THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING (34th STREET AND FIFTH AVENUE). CALL US TO SET UP AN APPOINTMENT: (212) 382-0060. WE HANDLE MORE NEW YORK NAME CHANGES THAN ANYONE ELSE. ALL OF OUR SERVICES ARE FULLY GUARANTEED. IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO VISIT US, YOU CAN ORDER YOUR CUSTOMIZED FORMS ONLINE. WE PREPARE NAME CHANGE FORMS FOR ALL COUNTIES.
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Regardless of which option you choose, you will receive detailed instructions and descriptions of the filing requirements and procedures, and fees charged by your local court. We even provide you with the precise location and contact information for the court office where you will file your forms. |
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Our team of attorneys and paralegals continuously monitor the changing procedures and laws relating to name change petitions.
We are fully familiar with New York law. Our CEO, Marc Rapaport, is an attorney who has practiced in New York since 1994. Our offices are located in the Empire State Building, in midtown Manhattan. Because we know New York law, you can be confident that your forms will meet the requirements of your court.
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SELECTED NEW YORK LAWS RELATING TO NAME CHANGE PETITIONS:
The laws and procedures relating to New York name change petitions are set forth in Article 6 of the Civil Rights Law. Some of the more important sections are set forth below:
§ 60 Civ. Rights. Petition for change of name.
A petition for leave to assume another name may be made by a resident of the state to the county court of the county or the supreme court in the county in which he resides, or, if he resides in the city of New York, either to the supreme court or to any branch of the civil court of the city of New York, in any county of the city of New York. The petition to change the name of an infant may be made by the infant through his next friend, or by either of his parents, or by his general guardian, or by the guardian of his person.
§ 61 Civ. Rights. Contents.The petition shall be in writing, signed by the petitioner and verified in like manner as a pleading in a court of record, and shall specify the grounds of the application, the name, date of birth, place of birth, age and residence of the individual whose name is proposed to be changed and the name which he or she proposes to assume. The petition shall also specify (a) whether or not the petitioner has been convicted of a crime or adjudicated a bankrupt; (b) whether or not there are any judgments or liens of record against the petitioner or actions or proceedings pending to which the petitioner is a party, and, if so, the petitioner shall give descriptive details in connection therewith sufficient to readily identify the matter referred to; (c) whether or not the petitioner is responsible for child support obligations; (d) whether or not the petitioner's child support obligations have been satisfied and are up to date; (e) the amount of a child support arrearage that currently is outstanding along with the identity of the court which issued the support order and the county child support collections unit; (f) whether or not the petitioner is responsible for spousal support obligations; (g) whether or not the petitioner's spousal support obligations have been satisfied and are up to date; and (h) the amount of spousal support arrearage that currently is outstanding along with the identity of the court which issued the support order. If the petitioner stands convicted of a violent felony offense as defined in section 70.02 of the penal law or a felony defined in article one hundred twenty-five of such law or any of the following provisions of such law sections 130.25, 130.30, 130.40, 130.45, 255.25, 255.26, 255.27, article two hundred sixty-three, 135.10, 135.25, 230.05, 230.06, subdivision two of section 230.30 or 230.32, and is currently confined as an inmate in any correctional facility or currently under the supervision of the state division of parole or a county probation department as a result of such conviction, the petition shall for each such conviction specify such felony conviction, the date of such conviction or Convictions, and the court in which such conviction or convictions were entered. Upon all applications for change of name by persons born in the state of New York, there shall be annexed to such petition either a birth certificate or a certified transcript thereof or a certificate of the commissioner or local board of health that none is available.
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