What am i?

Question:

What am i?

my granfather was fostered never adopted, by a man sir name smith ,his name at birth was campbell(my grandfather) he started using the name smith got married using smith and registered my father as smith.i always thought you had to do something legally to change youre name or can you just decide one day i want to be called such and such from now on?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Hello,

Currently, you can change your name to whatever you like informally but to use your new name legally you would have to change your name by a process of "dee pole or deed pole?" this requires the services of a solicitor and you have to fill in special forms and swear under oath, which is witnessed by the solicitor. The whole process only takes a few minutes but getting used to a new name can take abit longer.

**After a name change ALL legal documents have also got to be changed too, such as passports, bank accounts, drivers license,etc.

**If your talking about your grandfather and the change of name to smith, it depends very much how long ago that was? they may NOT have had the same legally binding process we have now, back then and of course that may be more problematic for you.

Hope thats of help?

IR