Idaho Name Change Companion (Minor) — AI-Ready Guide for the CAO NCM Name Change Packet

Changing your child's legal name in Idaho is a two-person, deadline-driven case: two petitions (yours to file, your child's name in the caption), consent or 30-day service on the other parent, four weeks of newspaper publication, a hearing at least six weeks out, and records to update afterward from Social Security to school. This AI-Ready Companion works with the AI chat you already use: a track-selection screen first (both parents together, one parent with the other's signed consent — a separate consent per child — or formal service), then one interview that fills the packet's fillable court forms (Notices of Hearing, Parental Consent, Affidavit of Service, Judgments, publication letter, information sheet) for one child or up to three in a combined case, tracks your service and publication deadlines, and prepares you for the hearing and the records updates.

One honest note: Idaho publishes the Petitions themselves as print-and-complete forms, so paragraph-by-paragraph worksheets work out every petition answer first — you then copy them onto the printed petitions by hand.

$166 court fee (fee waiver available). You download the official forms free from the Idaho Court Assistance Office; you sign and file everything yourself.

OUR PROMISE: If this companion isn't right for your situation, email us within 30 days of purchase and we'll refund you — no forms, no hassle.

If it helped you change your child's name in the right order, a short review helps the next Idaho family find it — thank you.