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Changing Your Name or a Child's Name
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Forms for Name Change from Cuyahoga County Probate Court Webpage.
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Ohio Revised Code Section 2717.01: Change of Name
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Social Security Card: Change or correct your name
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Probate Court Fee Schedule: Local Rule 58.1: Court Costs
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Cleveland State Legal Clinics
Library References
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Ohio Jurisprudence, Third Edition, Family Law, Section 669 on Restoration of Name (West Pub. Co.)
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Sowald Morganstern Domestic Relations Law, Section 9:27 on Resumption of former name (by Sowald and Morganstern, West Pub. Co.)
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Anderson's Ohio Probate Practice and Procedure, Section 51.01 on General Procedure on change of name (LexisNexis)