For acceptable evidence of a name change event based on a court order, see RM 10212.080.

The new name shown on the court order is evidence of the new name.

Refer to RM 10212.015D and RM 10212.020 for evidence of identity requirements. There are no special circumstances related to court order for name change events.

Sam Spade requests a name change to John Pierce. Sam submits evidence of the name change event, a court order for name change, issued last week. The court order shows the new name, John Pierce and the old name, Sam Spade, and Sam's birth date. In this case, the court order is also evidence of identity in the prior name, since the prior name shown agrees with the name shown on the latest Numident, it shows Sam's date of birth and that the evidence was issued within the past two years.

We can process the name change.

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  RM 10210.405, Evidence of Identity for an SSN

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  RM 10212.080, Evidence of a Name Change based on a US Issued Court Order Name Change