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DIY Name Change in Tennessee
If you live in Williamson County, Tennessee, the Chancery Court Clerk and Master has made it easy for you to navigate the legal name-change process without an attorney’s assistance. This makes a lot of sense, because the process is very straightforward, not technical, not adversarial and doesn’t require much work to accomplish.
Perhaps you’re divorced and didn’t change your name at the time because you had young children and wanted to keep the same name. Your children may now be grown, and you’d like to reclaim your maiden name (or pick another one!). In Tennessee, you can change your name for any reason – or no reason at all – as long as you meet the legal requirements for a name change.
What are the requirements? According to the relevant law (Tennessee Code § 29-8-101 et seq.), you can petition for a legal name change only if:
•You have NOT been convicted of first or second degree murder or any offense requiring sexual offender registration; and
•you do NOT have a desire or intention to mislead any present or potential creditors, and that you will not use the name change for fraudulent purposes.
It’s easy to DIY your legal name change: go to the Chancery Court Clerk and Master’s office website here http://www.williamsoncounty-tn.gov/index.aspx?nid=245. You can access contact information for the clerk’s office, as well as a form for the Petition for Name Change .
Please see the following post for updated information about name change petitions filed in Williamson County: update: DIY name change in Tennessee.
Currently filing fees for a name change petition in Williamson County are $190.50.
If you have any questions about a legal name change in Tennessee, feel free to contact me at cnm@csquaredlaw.com, or 615.656.4044.
Announcing Our VIRTUAL LAW OFFICE – C2LAWonline.com
EXTRA! EXTRA! Today we have launched a new part of C²Law – it is our virtual law office (VLO), called C2LAWonline.com.
Through C2LAWonline.com, we offer residents across the state of Tennessee instant access to our legal services in the following areas:
•estate planning (wills , powers of attorney and related documents)
• business services (creation of LLCs and other entities, contracts, employment agreements and other business documents)
•general property matters ( deeds, leases and other documents related to real property)
In addition to creating documents, we can also answer legal questions and review legal documents through the VLO.
What is a Virtual Law Office (VLO)? A VLO is a law office that provides services to clients via the internet. Clients are able to REQUEST A LEGAL SERVICE directly through the VLO. Through this secure, online process, we provide a cost quote for the requested service. Clients can retain us, pay us online, and then receive legal counseling and delivery of the final legal product (such as a document), all via the internet.
This process gives clients 24 hour access to their legal matter, through a secure online CLIENT EXTRANET. Each client has access to his or her unique client extranet, which is secure and confidential. All written communications and document sharing takes place via the client extranet.
Perhaps most importantly, the cost for obtaining our legal services via C2LAWonline.com generally is half the expense of hiring a lawyer in the conventional way. You receive personal legal counsel and advice, but pay far less because your contact takes place online.
And there are many other advantages:
•you save time (in addition to money) because you don’t have to travel to a physical office – you can complete all aspects of your legal representation from the comfort of your own home (or office, or wherever it is most convenient for you to do so!)
•you don’t have to schedule an office or telephone meeting, coordinating your time with an attorney’s
•all written communication and documents related to your legal matter exist in a single, secure online source that you can access 24 hours a day, seven days a week
•you have access to an attorney licensed to practice in Tennessee, who guides you through your legal matter and provides legal counsel tailored specifically to your needs and goals.
It is *important* to note that through our VLO, we offer a much wider breadth of service than one can obtain through a legal ‘forms’ website such as LegalZoom. We are attorneys, and when you hire us through C2LAWonline.com, you receive legal counsel and advice as part of the process. We evaluate your needs and goals, and offer advice and tailored legal services. Legal ‘form’ websites CANNOT provide legal advice. You get a form, and that’s it – no legal advice, and no way of knowing whether a form is appropriate and adequate to meet your needs.
We are incredibly excited about the launch of our new VLO. At C²Law, we always have been committed to providing cost-effective legal counsel. Our VLO gives prospective clients increased access to our services, at lower costs and in a very convenient, user-friendly format.
We welcome your contact and hope that you will visit C2LAWonline.com to learn more about our VLO and all the services and benefits it offers.
