Illinois

Request for Name Change

Here is the link where the form can be found, completed, and printed before filing as pro se documents with the court.  CLICK HERE

Request for Name Change - Child Info

Here is the link where the form can be found, completed, and printed before filing as pro se documents with the court.  CLICK HERE

Notice of Court Date Request for Name Change

Here is the link where the form can be found, completed, and printed before filing as pro se documents with the court.  CLICK HERE

Order for Name Change

Here is the link where the form can be found, completed, and printed before filing as pro se documents with the court.  CLICK HERE

Request for Name Change (Additional Children)

Here is the link where the form can be found, completed, and printed before filing as pro se documents with the court.  CLICK HERE

Request for Name Change (Additional Parent)

Here is the link where the form can be found, completed, and printed before filing as pro se documents with the court.  CLICK HERE

Publication Notice of Court Date for Request for Name Change

Here is the link where the form can be found, completed, and printed before filing as pro se documents with the court.  CLICK HERE

Motion to Waive Notice and Publication

This will be considered a new court case, so you will not put a case number at the top. The clerk will assign a new one. 

If you are publishing in either Madison or St. Clair County, the main legal newspaper for both is Belleville News-Democrat - use: https://bnd.column.us/place/

Here is the link where the form can be found, completed, and printed before filing as pro se documents with the court.  CLICK HERE

Order on Motion to Waive Notice and Publication

Here is the link where the form can be found, completed, and printed before filing as pro se documents with the court.  CLICK HERE

Filing Fees

There are two ways to pay for the name change process:

The court can be asked to complete this form to waive the fees of filing. Ask the clerk about completing this form. CLICK HERE

Next Steps

YAY! You filled out all the forms. Now, you can go to the court and get it done.