: Changing child's first name We want to change my child's first name. In records, his first name is ROHINI SHRIHAN, but we want to make it SHRIHAN as first name and ROHINI as middle name. Now he is 3 years old and in few days

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Generally speaking, parents can change the names of their children fairly easily, as long as both parents agree. Try starting here: www.courts.ca.gov/1052.htm

I don't know how it works in Claifornia specifically, but here's a brief overview anyway: You will probably have to file a bunch of forms and then get assigned a court date. At the court date, a judge will listen to why you want to change the name (easily explained in your case, by a confusion in school as to what your child should be called) and then after the hearing a new birth certificate will be processed. I would expect at LOT of red tape, some court fees, but no real difficulty.