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About Deed Polls
What is a Deed Poll?
Why is it
called a Deed Poll?
What
is the purpose of a Deed Poll?
Who can apply for a
Deed Poll?
Can
I change my children's names?
Are there any restrictions on names?
Is
a Deed Poll registered anywhere?
Can
a birth certificate be changed?
Why
do people change their name?
Answers to other FAQs
Changing your
name by Deed Poll
How to apply
Services available
and fees
Services for
previous clients
Apply for a copy of your archived Deed Poll
Apply for
a replacement Deed Poll
General name
change information
Introduction
A woman's
rights upon marriage
A man's
rights upon marriage
A couple's rights upon a civil partnership
A woman's
rights upon separation
A woman's
rights upon divorce
A
woman's rights upon being widowed
A child's
rights upon adoption
Changing
your name on your passport
Who to advise after changing
your name
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Example
letters of consent
After submitting your child's Deed Poll application, you need to fax or
post a letter of consent to us, examples of which are given below.
Our fax and postal address details can be found on each example letter
page.If you have Microsoft Word for
Windows versions 2002, 2003 or 2007
on your computer, you can download an interactive Word template that will
make it easy to produce the appropriate letter of consent. Look
out for this download icon in the example letter templates
Example letters
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example letter. |
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Letter 1 |
Sole parental responsibility
This letter is required if you have
sole parental responsibility i.e. no other person has parental responsibility for your child. |
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Letter 2 |
Sole parental responsibility,
spouse deceased
This letter is required if you have
sole parental responsibility and your spouse is deceased
(and no one was appointed a legal guardian in your
spouse's will). |
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Letter 3 |
Joint parental responsibility
This letter is required if you have
parental responsibility with someone else, for example,
your spouse, and you both consent to your child's name
change. |
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Letter 4 |
Joint parental responsibility,
absent father
This letter is required if you have
joint parental responsibility with the father but the father
is absent and his whereabouts is not known. |
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If you haven't already done so, please read our
article about changing children's names, which explains the meaning of parental
responsibility and allows you to establish whether you have sole or joint
parental responsibility for your child.
Click here
(opens new window) to view the article.
Last updated: 29 November 2007
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