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Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure
Chapter 59. Change of Name
§ 5903. Publication of petition prior to filing. [For application of this section, see 82 Del. Laws, c. 84, § 5]
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§ 5903. Publication of petition prior to filing. [For application of this section, see 82 Del. Laws, c. 84, § 5]
Except for petitions under § 5901(b) of this title, no petition for change of name under this chapter shall be granted unless it affirmatively appears that the petition or a notice thereof has been published in a newspaper published in the county in which the proceeding is had, at least once a week for 3 weeks before the petition is filed.
27 Del. Laws, c. 264, § 3; Code 1915, § 4659; Code 1935, § 5117; 10 Del. C. 1953, § 5903; 75 Del. Laws, c. 209, § 1; 82 Del. Laws, c. 84, § 2;
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