§ 9-2-101. Name change — Procedure

(a) Upon the application of any person within the jurisdiction of the court, the circuit court shall have power, upon good reasons shown, to alter or change the name of the person. (b) When application is made to the court under this section, it shall be by petition in writing embodying the reasons for the […]

§ 9-2-102. Name change — Use of new name

Any person whose name may be so changed by judgment or decree of any of the circuit courts shall afterward be known and designated, sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, by the name thus conferred, except that records of persons under the jurisdiction and supervision of the Division of Correction shall continue to […]