Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 2, § 22101.3 - Confidential Name Changes under Chapter 3.1 (commencing with section 6205) of Division 7, Title 1 of the Government Code
Current through Register 2022 Notice Reg. No. 14, April 8, 2022
(a) Prior
to petitioning the Superior Court of the county in which a Program Participant
resides, a Safe at Home Program Participant seeking a confidential name change
pursuant to subdivision (b), section
1277
of the Code of Civil Procedure shall complete and submit to the Safe at Home
program a Confidential Notice of Intent of Name Change Form, SAH-6 (2019),
hereby incorporated by reference.
(b) The Confidential Notice of Intent of Name
Change Form shall be completed by the Program Participant seeking a name change
and shall include their current legal name and the name they intend to adopt as
their new legal name resulting from the confidential name change process. Safe
at Home shall make no assessment about the legality or the appropriateness of
the proposed new legal name.
(c)
Only the guardian or conservator of a minor child or incapacitated adult who is
a Program Participant shall complete the Confidential Notice of Intent of Name
Change Form on behalf of the minor child or incapacitated adult Program
Participant.
(d) A separate
Confidential Notice of Intent of Name Change Form shall be filed for each minor
child or incapacitated adult whose name a guardian or conservator seeks to
change.
(e) After Safe at Home has
received a completed Confidential Notice of Intent of Name Change Form, the
program shall provide the requesting Program Participant with documentation to
substantiate the Program Participant's enrollment in the Safe at Home
program.
(f) Once a Program
Participant's legal name has been changed by the Superior Court, the Program
Participant's new legal name will be the name indicated on the most recently
completed Confidential Notice of Intent of Name Change Form sent to Safe at
Home by the Program Participant.
(g) Once a Program Participant's name has
been legally changed by the Superior Court and Safe at Home has received a
certified copy of the court decree changing the name, Safe at Home shall update
program records to reflect the new legal name and shall accept mail for the
Program Participant addressed to their new legal name. Safe at Home shall
continue to accept mail sent to the Program Participant in his or her previous
legal name for 90 days from the date of receipt of the court decree, after
which, Safe at Home shall only accept mail addressed to the current legal name
on file.
(h) The Confidential
Notice of Intent of Name Change Form, along with the court decree officially
changing the Program Participant's legal name, shall remain on file with the
Safe at Home Program consistent with section
6206.4 of
the Government Code.
Notes
Note: Authority Cited: Section 6209, Government Code; Reference: Sections 6206.4 and 6209.5, Government Code.
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