Lawyer doesn't know the law??

[libertiana]

Question about full faith and credit...

You can go to another state and have your name changed and then if you moved back to NC, they would have to honor it.

It's called full faith and credit; each state must recognize other state's orders, etc. (That's an extremely limited and very general definition.)

So in theory, NC would have to honor another state's order, even though the order conflicts with NC's existing statute? I would hate to move to another state, satisfy it's residency requirements, file for a name change and then find out that NC refused to honor the order based on the 'only one name change for adults' statute. If I take this route and the state of NC refuses to change my birth certificate to reflect the new name, I'm assuming I will need to hire a lawyer familiar with 'full faith and credit' in order to present my case. Does this sound about right? Would I need to hire a lawyer within NC or within the state where I initiated the name change? (Not sure if that would make a difference, but thought I'd ask.)

Thanks again for all your help.

 

[ENASNI]

well

Not sure if this helps.. but I changed my name to Dorothy com and
I go by Dot.
I sued the world wide web and now I am sitting pretty on my settlement
and get to post inane comments on their forums.

I did it in California though...so I guess this is not germane.