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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Doug Owens<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 02, 2018 1:27 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBAPT] name change in Washington<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Wendy, thank you for this information.  Does it matter if the client is a woman who took her husband’s surname at marriage and is now divorcing and wants to revert to her maiden name?  I assume the birth certificate was not modified
 at the time of the marriage.  Yours truly, Doug Owens<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond","serif"">Wendy, I would always change the birth certificate. Eventually people will need it for something. It’s easy enough to change a WA birth certificate (<a href="https://www.kingcounty.gov/courts/district-court/name-changes.aspx"><span style="color:purple">https://www.kingcounty.gov/courts/district-court/name-changes.aspx</span></a>). 
 You can search online for the same info in other states.  I used to have a list but I can’t find it. </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond","serif"">Lisa E. Schuchman<br>
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 Behalf Of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Krista MacLaren<br>
<b>Sent:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Thursday, August 2, 2018 11:03 AM<br>
<b>To:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>wsba probate & trust <<a href="mailto:wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com"><span style="color:purple">wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com</span></a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [WSBAPT] name change in Washington<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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 birth name and their changed name?  I would just advise them to keep a copy of the order with their birth certificate and view them as a set.  If you change a name for someone in WA, do you have them change their birth certificate also?  I have done a handful
 of name changes, but never advised them to change their birth certificate - though I confess it never crossed my mind, because I thought of a birth certificate as a document that represents the reality at the time of birth.  To apply for a passport, for example,
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