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Case Information

Filed 2022-05-06
Status Closed
Type Change Of Name (3 Kn)|Change Of Name Minor
Docket 16 entries
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Hon. Wells Jennifer K

Anchorage Borough (AK)

Alaska

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Docket Entries

  1. Initial Judicial Assignment Honorable Jennifer K. Wells
  2. Petition for Change of Name (Minor) Receipt: 1964003 Date: 05/06/2022
  3. LODGED: VS-405 Report of Change of Name
  4. Notice Rescheduling Hearing
  5. Parental Consent Eric Cotton (Parent);
  6. Notice of Hearing on Petition for Change of Name Event: Change of Name Hearing Date: 08/30/2022 Time: 8:30 am Judge: Sweet, Kimberley Location: Courtroom 6, Kenai Courthouse Legal Notice Website Posting of this Notice: 07/26/2022 Result: Hearing Held
  7. Notice of Judicial Assignment and Referral to Master Notice of Judicial Assignment and Ref to Master Sent on: 07/25/2022 13:05:40.32
  8. Completion of Posting on Alaska Court System's Legal Notice Website: Notice of Petition to Change Name and Hearing Posted for four consecutive weeks: [07/26/2022 thru 08/24/2022]
  9. Clerk's Certificate of Service by Posting to the ACS's Legal Notice Website on: 7/26/2022-8/24/2022 Troy Tavien Cotton (Old Name); Troy Tavien Cotton-Wood (New Name);
  10. Findings on Petition for Change of Name
  11. Judgment for Change of Name
  12. Judgment for Change of Name. Change of Name is not effective until the court issues a Certificate of Name Change.
  13. Completion of Posting on Alaska Court System's Legal Notice Website: Judgment for Change of Name Posted for one week: [09/08/2022 thru 09/17/2022]
  14. Clerk's Certificate of Service by Posting to the ACS's Legal Notice Website on: 9/8/22-9/17/22 Troy Tavien Cotton (Old Name); Troy Tavien Cotton-Wood (New Name);
  15. Certificate of Change of Name Issued. Change of Name Effective: October 2, 2022
  16. PROCESSED: VS-405 Report of Change of Name

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