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Alaska Unified

Alaska

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Case Information

Filed 2024-02-16
Status Closed
Type Change Of Name (4 Dj)|Change Of Name Adult
Docket 25 entries
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Judge

Hon. Haines Patricia L

Denali Borough (AK)

Alaska

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Docket Entries

  1. Initial Judicial Assignment: Honorable Patricia Haines
  2. Petition for Change of Name Receipt: 2166326 Date: 02/16/2024
  3. LODGED: VS-405 Report of Change of Name
  4. Acknowledgement and Acceptance of the Gift of My Given Name "William Smith Rensel"
  5. Notice of Hearing on Petition for Change of Name Event: Change of Name Hearing Date: 04/16/2024 Time: 3:00 pm Judge: Haines, Patricia L Location: Courtroom 305, Fairbanks Courthouse Legal Notice Website Posting of this Notice: 02/28/2024
  6. Order for Hearing, Posting & Additional Service
  7. ase Management Order Re: Filing Location Case Management Order Re: Filing Location Sent on: 02/27/2024 11:22:45.32
  8. otion to Change Date of Hearing Attorney: Self-Represented (0100001) Filing Party: Rensel, William Smith Case Motion #1
  9. ompletion of Posting on Alaska Court System's Legal Notice Website: Notice of Petition to Change Name and Hearing Posted for four consecutive weeks: [02/28/2024 thru 03/28/2024]
  10. lerk's Certificate of Service by Posting to the ACS's Legal Notice Website on: 02/28/24 William Smith Rensel (Old Name);
  11. rder Granting Motion to Change Date of Hearing
  12. rder for Hearing, Posting & Additional Service
  13. otice of Hearing on Petition for Change of Name The following event: Change of Name Hearing scheduled for 05/21/2024 at 3:15 pm has been rescheduled as follows: Event: Change of Name Hearing Date: 06/17/2024 Time: 3:00 pm Judge: Leonard, Risa C Location: Courtroom 303, Fairbanks Courthouse Legal Notice Website Posting of this Notice: 04/26/2024 Result: Hearing Continued
  14. ompletion of Posting on Alaska Court System's Legal Notice Website: Notice of Petition to Change Name and Hearing Posted for four consecutive weeks: [04/26/2024 thru 05/25/2024]
  15. lerk's Certificate of Service by Posting to the ACS's Legal Notice Website on: 4/26/24 to 5/25/24 William Smith Rensel (Old Name);
  16. otice: Mistake Attorney: Self-Represented (0100001)
  17. otion for Decree Attorney: Self-Represented (0100001) Filing Party: Rensel, William Smith Case Motion #2
  18. eason for Returned Mail or eMail: Not Deliverable as Addressed Date Returned Documents Were Distributed: 06/06/24 Type of Document(s) Distributed and Returned Unserved: Clerk's Certificate of Service - Notice of Petition to Change Name William Smith Rensel (Old Name); William Smith Rensel (Old Name);
  19. eason for Returned Mail or eMail: Not Deliverable as Addressed Date Returned Documents Were Distributed: 07/22/24 Type of Document(s) Distributed and Returned Unserved: Notice of Hearing William Smith Rensel (Old Name);
  20. rder Denying Motion Case Motion #2 Motion for Decree
  21. hange of Name Denied
  22. opies Made per Admin Rule 9 (e)(1) For a single document or portion of a document $5 If copies of multiple documents are requested at the same time, for each additional document (after the first) $3 Receipt: 2226083 Date: 10/10/2024
  23. otice: Change of Address and Request William Smith Rensel (Old Name);
  24. eason for Returned Mail or eMail: Vacant Date Returned Documents Were Distributed: 10/03/24 Type of Document(s) Distributed and Returned Unserved: Order on Motion for Decree William Smith Rensel (Old Name);
  25. otice of: Acknowledgment and Conditional Acceptance William Smith Rensel (Old Name);

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