Texas Name Change/SS# Change???

[Ashlynn]

I am 28 year old who has been married for 10 years with 2 kids (3 and 8). I was born into an extremely dysfunctional, hurtful (both physically and emotionally) family. I moved from them (they are in WI) in 1989 to live with my father in CA (parents divorced around 1973..father passed in 1991). My husband is military and we are now in Texas. My family is, even though quite a distance, causing even more emotional hurt and harassment that obviously I should not have to deal with at this age, nor should my kids and husband. We have changed our phone number to an unlisted one but we plan to be sent somewhere in the next year or 2 by the Air Force and we don't want to be found by them after we leave. So we want to change the kids and my husbands last name and my first and last name. My concern is, I know my mother has my birth records, social security number, etc. Couldn't she still find me that way? Is there a way to change my social security number? Also, if I do a complete name change, would I have to have my birth cert. changed? Wouldn't I need to show that for proof of "me" when I go back "out into the job world" when I am done raising my girls? Thanks!

[Edited by Ashlynn on 01-14-2001 at 08:50 PM]

 

[stormjade]

This may not be the answer you want, but as you did not state how they are harassing you at a distance, I would recommend that you don't answer the telephone when they call (get caller ID, and don't answer calls that state "out of area" or "unavailable"); don't open any mail from them, and don't answer their mail, etc (Inconvenient, sure...but if you want to limit contact then...). Don't let them know where you are moving to, don't talk to their friends, so on and so forth.

To change a name of adult in Texas, you will have to file a petition to change name, pay a filing fee, not be a criminal, you may have to be fingerprinted, and you have to have a good reason to change your name. Changing your social security number is another story and you should contact the Social Security Administration for that; beware that if you are allowed to change your SS# some major screw ups can happen when you need to apply for benefits later on. Of course, your husband being military, will leave some sort of paper trail as to where he is sent to.

Changing names and numbers seems to be awfully extreme to escape ones family. I would practice heightened avoidance first.

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