Types
of name changes - (in Yukon)
The
following is a summary of the types of Name Changes.
Name
change after marriage
After
marriage, you can choose to continue using your own surname,
or you can start using your spouse's surname. Changing to
your spouse's surname does not constitute a legal change
of name under the Name Act.
A
spouse by marriage may use the surname he or she had immediately
before the marriage, the surname he or she had at birth
or by adoption, the surname of his or her spouse by marriage
or a hyphenated name consisting of both spouses surnames.
Changing
a name from a married name to a birth (maiden) name
When
a woman (man) takes a spouse's name after marriage, the
name taken is considered an assumed name. In Yukon, by convention
and usage a married name has come to be accepted as a legal
name.
After
a divorce or separation has taken place or a person just
wishes to return to a birth name, Vital Statistics does
not do a legal name change to return to the birth (maiden)
name. After a divorce or if a woman or man is still married,
but wishes to return to a maiden (birth) name, she/he may
show a marriage certificate or a divorce document and a
birth certificate. This should be enough to show how she/he
got the married name and the name she/he wishes to return.
A person must check with the agency where the ID is being
changed if other requirements are necessary.
When
returning to a birth (maiden) name, nothing is done to the
birth certificate because the person is returning to a birth
name.
Legal
name change
- The
birth name is changed and the birth certificate is changed
to the new name.
- The
client will have a change of name certificate and a birth
certificate in the new name.
Cost
of Name Change
$50.00
- MO, Credit card (Visa, MC), Interact, cash
$17.50
for each family member after the initial change of name
How
To Do A legal Change of Name
An
application shall be made to the registrar in the prescribed
form and shall include
- the
present and proposed names in full,
- the
present address and previous addresses for the three month
immediately preceding the application of the applicant
and the person whose name is proposed to be changed,
- the
reason for the proposed change of name and
- the
date and place of birth of the person whose name is proposed
to be changed.
An
application shall be accompanied by
- any
consent, notice or court order required under this Act,
- an
affidavit of qualification signed by the applicant, and
- such
other fees, evidence or documents as may be prescribed
in the regulations.
Persons
applying for changes of his or her legal name where
- the
person is at least 19 years of age or married, widowed
or divorced, and
- the
person is ordinarily resident in the Yukon and has actually
resided in the Yukon for the three months immediately
preceding the date on which the application is received
by the registrar.
Application
for change of name of child
Subject
to the other provisions of this section, any of the following
persons who have lawful custody of an unmarried child may
apply to the registrar for a change of the legal name of
the child: the mother, the father, a person appointed pursuant
to the Children's Act to exercise the rights of custody.
A
change of surname under this section shall be restricted
to the surname of the mother, father, or a person appointed
to exercise the rights of custody.
A
change of a child's surname shall be restricted to the surname
of the mother, father, or of any person having lawful custody
or a hyphenated surname consisting of two of the surnames
of persons named above.
Where
a surname of another person is different from the applicants,
consent of that person is required and when the change is
deleting another name, consent must be given unless that
person does not have custody of the child, is not contributing
to the support of the child, and has severed his or her
relationship with the child. An application shall be accompanied
by the written consent of every other person who has lawful
custody of the child or is lawfully entitled to access to
the child.
How
to obtain a change of name package
A
person must contact Yukon Vital Statistics at:
Vital
Statistics
Box 2703
Whitehorse, Yukon
Y1A 2C6
Walk-in
and Courier
4th Floor-204 Lambert Street
Whitehorse, Yukon
Y1A 3T2
Phone:
867-667-5207
Toll Free in Yukon only: 1-800-661-0408, ext. 5207
Fax: 867-393-6486
