28.9.08

the cost of four letters

Filing name change petition: $150
Two sets of fingerprints to prove you're not felons on the run: $98
Publishing notice of name change in legal newspaper: $71.30
Parking in downtown Detroit on court date: $18.50
Order of Entry fees for circuit court clerk: $20
Two certified copies of name change documents: $22

Having the same family name as your partner: more valuable than the $379.80 it cost us.

Shoot--we should have put that on the gift registry.

3 Comments:

Blogger Terroni said...

this is sweet.

4:05 PM  
Blogger Churlita said...

Awww. That's very nice. Too bad it was such a pain in the arse.

11:01 AM  
Blogger John DeSavage said...

Awesome! Mad props for taking the idea and actually following through with it. That's more conviction than I had.

2:24 AM  

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