Powys mum banned from naming daughter Cyanide by court

[May90]

You can legally change your name in many (most?) states in the US just through common usage. There used to be a website that would charge you $50 and submit the legal paperwork to a courthouse for you, not sure if that's a thing anymore.

That's good to know. I've heard that, for example, in China changing one's name is huge pain, and one also needs to provide a good (practical) reason for doing so, otherwise the state has the right to decline the application.

[belfpala]

That's good to know. I've heard that, for example, in China changing one's name is huge pain, and one also needs to provide a good (practical) reason for doing so, otherwise the state has the right to decline the application.

About the only legal hurdle here (somewhere in the US) is filing a form and paying a fee. You can also go by an alias, but most forms will ask something like "Have you ever gone by another name?" That would be employment, credit, bank, financial things. In other words, I could start calling myself "belfpala" in real life, but I'd still have to reveal my given name.

[Celista]

About the only legal hurdle here (somewhere in the US) is filing a form and paying a fee. You can also go by an alias, but most forms will ask something like "Have you ever gone by another name?" That would be employment, credit, bank, financial things. In other words, I could start calling myself "belfpala" in real life, but I'd still have to reveal my given name.

Yeah usually you have to put a notice in a newspaper and that's the extent of things, unless you have a history of fraud.

[Torched]

Cyanide is a pretty nice name tho.

Please tell me that "Lady Justice King" is a title and not her name, if it was, she would have no right in banning this woman from using Cyanide for her daughters name.

[muto]

The real question is: Why did Hitler first take poison and THEN shoot himself?

Insurance policy if one failed.

[belfpala]

Yeah usually you have to put a notice in a newspaper and that's the extent of things, unless you have a history of fraud.

Which is hilarious as a form of public notification these days. The only time I pick up a newspaper is if I'm in a coffee shop. And even then, pretty much zero chance I looked at the obituaries and other legal notices.