Can I amend a birth certificate that has a last name hyphenated?
My son was born and adopted in Las Vegas, Nevada. At that time, my husband and I hyphenated his last name. We would now like him to have only one last name, and drop the hypen. Do we have to do a name change or can we amend his birth certificate? If I need to change his name, do I do it where he was born or where we live? I want him to have his birth certificate from Nevada, not Kansas, where we now live. As the courts have his records, and have changed his birth certificate once, would the Family Court in Las Vegas do a simple amendment?
Comment on JudyKayTee's post
JudyKay_ I do not want a Kansas Birth Cert. I want his Nevada BC. He was born there, he knows he was born there, he likes being from Vegas. I am with you, now he will be from Kansas? Makes no sense to me.
Comment on this8384's post
Yes I am his mother-his adoptive mother and my name is on his NEVADA birth certificate as his mother. My husband and I both consent and we just want to drop the hyphenated name. The first part so, the last name is EXACTLY the same, just the hyphen and the name preceding the hyphen would be gone. I can't see changing his name and getting a new Kansas birth cert! Help, this is confusing and crazy, but now I am in... thanks for the help!
Comment on kcomissiong's post
OK so I change his name in Kansas and then submit that paperwork to Nevada, to the BVS, and his v=birth certificate would be changed in Nevada. RIght? I was confused, thinking he would get a new BC--from KANSAS which made no sense. Thank you!
Comment on JudyKayTee's post
OK JudyKay I got it figured out and it makes sense to me, as it will to you I trust. Kansas has jurid=sdiction over us as residents and we petition the court for a name change here because we live here. Once the petition is granted, we take the Order and submit it to the Bureau of Vital Stats in Nevada and they change his birth certificate (his Nevada Birth Certificate).. . It makes sense now -- right? Thanks for your help!
Comment on kcomissiong's post
Thanks-I got that also, it just took a minute to figure out the getting it to Nevada for the change. I appreciate you taking the time.