Title 27, Courts-General Provisions-Special Remedies

Subject to sections 2717.07 and 2717.19 of the Revised Code, an application to conform a legal name shall set forth all of the following: (A) That the applicant has been a bona fide resident of the county where the applicant is filing for at least sixty days prior to the filing o…

(A) An application shall be supported by an affidavit verifying all of the following: (1) The applicant's residency in the county for a period of at least sixty days; (2) That the application is not made for the purpose of evading any creditors or other obligations; (3) That the …

A probate court by local rule or order may require an applicant to submit a copy of any or all of the applicant's official identity documents or other documentary evidence relating to the applicant's identity that the court deems relevant to the application.

The probate court may hold a hearing on an application. Except as provided in sections 2717.11 and 2717.14 of the Revised Code, if the court requires a hearing, it shall set the manner, scope, and content of the hearing notice the applicant must serve.

Except as provided under section 2717.16 of the Revised Code, upon proof that the facts set forth in the application show reasonable and proper cause for changing the name of the applicant and, if applicable, upon proof that proper notice was served, the court may order the chang…

Upon proof that the facts set forth in the application show that a misspelling, inconsistency, or other error of the applicant's legal name on an official identity document exists, and that reasonable and proper cause exists for issuing an order that resolves the discrepancy and …

If an applicant submits to the court, along with the application, satisfactory proof that open records of the name change or conformity, or publication of the hearing notice under section 2717.08 of the Revised Code, would jeopardize the applicant's personal safety, both of the f…

An application for change of name under section 2717.02 of the Revised Code or to conform a name under section 2717.04 of the Revised Code may be made on behalf of a minor by either of the minor's parents, a legal guardian, a legal custodian, or a guardian ad litem.

(A) When an application is made on behalf of a minor, in addition to the proof required under sections 2717.03 or 2717.05 of the Revised Code and, if applicable, proof of the notice given under section 2717.08 of the Revised Code, the consent of both living, legal parents of the …

(A) The court shall not order a change of name under section 2717.09 of the Revised Code if the person applying for a change of name has a duty to comply with section 2950.04 or 2950.041 of the Revised Code because the applicant was convicted of, pleaded guilty to, or was adjudic…

An action to conform the legal name of a person under section 2717.04 of the Revised Code shall not be permitted in lieu of either of the following: (A) Correction of a birth record under section 3705.15 of the Revised Code; (B) Changing a legal name to a name that is not used in…

(A) On receipt of an application, the probate court may order a criminal records check. (B) Any fee required for the criminal records check shall be paid by the applicant.