Judge: Michael Shultz, Case: 22CMCP00178, Date: 2022-12-20 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 22CMCP00178    Hearing Date: December 20, 2022    Dept: A

22cmcp00178  In the Matter of:  Geovanny Alexander Salinas Albeno

Tuesday, December 20, 2022, at 8:30 a.m.

[TENTATIVE] ORDER ON PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME

Petitioner, Geovanny Alexander Salinas Albeno, filed this Petition on October 14, 2022, for an Order for Change of Name to Ingrid Tatiana Salinas Albeno to conform to Petitioner’s gender identity.  Petitioner is over the age of 18.

The proposed decree requests change of name and order recognizing gender change and issuance of a new birth certificate. While this is the correct form for the decree Petitioner is required to use Judicial Council Forms NC-200 (Petition) and an Order to Show Cause on form NC-125. Petitioner is also required to submit LASC CIV Form 226 to complete a Name Change Criminal History Assessment. The NC-200 petition is exempt from the requirements for publication. Code Civ. Proc., § 1277.5 subd. (b). A hearing shall not be set unless an objection is timely filed and shows good cause for opposing the name change. Code Civ. Proc., § 1277.5 subd. (c).

Petitioner is ordered to complete the forms referenced above and file them with the court. Upon receipt, the court will issue the Order to Show Cause (Form NC-125). Absent any objections within six weeks of making the order, the court will enter the order granting the petition without a hearing.  Code Civ. Proc., § 1277.5 subd. (a)(1).