Jase,
In Illinois you can apply to the courts to waive the filing fee if you are at a certain income level.
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Typically, only persons of low income will receive a fee waiver, but there is no statutory definition as to what level of income is required for a person to receive a waiver. Consequently, if you think you may be eligible � your best bet is to apply.
Denial of a fee waiver will not impact your case except that you will have to pay the fee to file documents with the Clerk in the end. Illinois Name Change Self Help Packet BTW, there are HUGE advantages to having a last name of Smith. It makes you very anonymous, especially on the web, and offers a little protection when you are a female. Yet by using my middle name when I write Erika
Lyn Smith if you google my name there is no problem finding my articles or group responses, etc.
Funny story in 2000 I left a marriage of 17 years and as I sat in court I asked my lawyer if it was too late to change my name. He said no of course not...do you want to go back to your maiden name. I said Oh NO, no, no, (I come from a hx of abuse w/ my F and I do not wish to take back his name. I was very HAPPY to get rid of it when I first married, lol) I said no I want to change my first name. He said you know I keep telling my associates I have done just about everything in this room, but you got me on this one. This is a first.So he asked me what I wanted to change it to and said he would put it in on the end of the divorce decree and see if we could slip it through.
It worked and I essentially let my ex pay the 200.00 fee. I figured it was Jan 2000 when I finally got the courage to leave it was a new millinium and new start to a new life why not get a new name! The only reason i kept my married last name was for my kids. Now I use my 2nd husbands last name and love the anonimity of it!
Jase, regardless if your sibs approve or not you need to do what you feel comfortable with and if they do not approve it does not mean you should not go forward. BTW I love Denton. Jase Denton is simple sweet and strong. It says you know who you are and where you are going. Very Nice.
. I have been known around the web as DoonaFairy for many many years and had a fantastic online social life ..had. Since changing my online name (I do still use my original one in my old haunts)I've noticed a full turn around and seem to be having nothing but a pretty darn hard time of it in my online relationships. I wonder if its because my focus is on "dusty" instead of "doona", or because I'm just not available at the drop of a hat anymore or what? I have been having my awareness guided to this for a couple of weeks. So what do you think...could it be my name change?
