{"id":4609,"date":"2025-10-24T13:11:49","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T13:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courts.eriecountypa.gov\/?page_id=4609"},"modified":"2026-04-09T18:03:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T18:03:07","slug":"name-change","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/courts.eriecountypa.gov\/index.php\/courts\/family-court\/name-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Name Change"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"headerBox\">\n\t<h1 class=\"index2\" style=\"text-align:left\">Name Change<\/h1>\n\t<br>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"departmentContainer\">\n\t<div class=\"departmentBoxContent index3\">\n\t\t<h2> Family Court <\/h2>\n\n\t\t<hr class=\"blueLine\" style=\"float:left\">\n\n\t\t<br>\n\t\t<br>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"departmentLinksDesktop\" style=\"clear:both\">\n\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/courts.eriecountypa.gov\/index.php\/courts\/court-information\/custodial-conciliation\/\"> Custodial Conciliation<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/courts.eriecountypa.gov\/index.php\/courts\/family-court\/divorce\/\"> Divorce<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/courts.eriecountypa.gov\/index.php\/courts\/family-court\/domestic-relations\/\"> Domestic Relations<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/courts.eriecountypa.gov\/index.php\/courts\/family-court\/name-change\/\"> Name Change<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/courts.eriecountypa.gov\/index.php\/departments\/clerk-of-records\/clerk-of-orphans-court\/\"> Orphan&#8217;s Court<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/courts.eriecountypa.gov\/index.php\/courts\/family-court\/protection-from-abuse\/\"> Protection From Abuse<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t<\/div> \n\n\t\t<div class=\"departmentLinksMobile\" style=\"clear:both\">\n\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/courts.eriecountypa.gov\/index.php\/courts\/court-information\/custodial-conciliation\/\"> Custodial Conciliation<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/courts.eriecountypa.gov\/index.php\/courts\/family-court\/divorce\/\"> Divorce<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/courts.eriecountypa.gov\/index.php\/courts\/family-court\/domestic-relations\/\"> Domestic Relations<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/courts.eriecountypa.gov\/index.php\/courts\/family-court\/name-change\/\"> Name Change<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/courts.eriecountypa.gov\/index.php\/departments\/clerk-of-records\/clerk-of-orphans-court\/\"> Orphan&#8217;s Court<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/courts.eriecountypa.gov\/index.php\/courts\/family-court\/protection-from-abuse\/\"> Protection From Abuse<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"mainContent\">\n\t<h3>Name Change Procedures<\/h3>\n\t\t<hr class=\"blueLineTitle\">\n\t\t<br>\n\t\t<div class=\"hideMobile\">\n\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-regular\">\n\t\t\t<table class=\"has-fixed-layout\" style=\"width:90%\">\n\t\t\t\t<thead>\n\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<th style=\"width:10%\">Type<\/th>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<th>Name<\/th>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<th style=\"width:40%\">View<\/th>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t<\/thead>\n\t\t\t\t<tbody>\n\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td><i class=\"fa-solid fa-file fa-2xl\" style=\"color: #8abbd3;\"><\/i><\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>Adult<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td><a href=\"https:\/\/courts.eriecountypa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Name-Change-Procedure.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Open PDF<\/a><\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td><i class=\"fa-solid fa-file fa-2xl\" style=\"color: #8abbd3;\"><\/i><\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>Minor<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td><a href=\"https:\/\/courts.eriecountypa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Revised-Minor-Name-Change-Petition.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Open PDF<\/a><\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t<\/tbody>\n\t\t\t<\/table>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"hideDesktop\" style=\"text-align:center; 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