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2025 Delaware Code
Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure
Chapter 59. CHANGE OF NAME
§ 5902. Requirements for minor's petition.
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§ 5902. Requirements for minor's petition.
If the name sought to be changed under this chapter is that of a minor, the petition shall be signed by at least 1 of the minor's parents, if there is a parent living, or if both parents are dead, by the legal guardian of such minor. When the minor is over the age of 14, the petition shall also be signed by the minor.
27 Del. Laws, c. 264, § 2; Code 1915, § 4658; Code 1935, § 5116; 10 Del. C. 1953, § 5902;
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