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title: "Application to register a change of name for an adult (ACT): completion guide"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/family-law/form-act-adult-change-of-name"
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task_ids: ["A16-T1-R7", "A16-P20260916-3"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-22"
---

# Application to register a change of name for an adult (ACT): completion guide

> Link to the Access Canberra application to register a change of name for an adult. The person must be 18 or older. The file name includes 20260630, which is not stated as a form number. The files were not opened.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/family-law/form-act-adult-change-of-name  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-22

Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt

## Key facts

- Kind: Form. A form to complete, or a guide to completing an official one.
- Practice area: [Family Law](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/family-law.md)
- Jurisdictions: Australian Capital Territory
- AI level: Yellow. You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-22
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-22 against the official form at accesscanberra.act.gov.au and the 2 authorities it cites, for Australian Capital Territory.

## When to use it

Use on a family file when an adult's name is to be registered in the ACT, including where a marriage overseas may not be accepted and the page says a registered change may be required. Marriage in Australia usually does not need this registration. The person must be 18 or older, with a birth registered in the ACT or living in the ACT. The tool does not write the application.

## Used for these tasks

- [Draft a parenting plan or parenting orders from the arrangements sheet](https://ailawframework.com/practice/family-law/draft-a-parenting-plan-or-parenting-orders-from-the-arrangements-sheet.md)
- [Turn existing parenting orders into a practical arrangements sheet](https://ailawframework.com/practice/family-law/turn-existing-parenting-orders-into-a-practical-arrangements-sheet.md)

## How AI may be used

AI may check the page's marriage and residency points against the file. The lawyer writes the application and checks it before it is lodged.

**AI may:**

- Check that the person is 18 or older and that the birth or residence test on the page is met
- Flag an Australian marriage, where the page says a registered change is usually not required
- Flag a restricted person, who needs Director-General approval under the Act the page names

**AI must not:**

- Must not draft the application or the reason for the change
- Must not draft a parenting plan or parenting orders
- Must not treat 20260630 in the file name as a form number or a date of effect
- Must not invent a fee
- Must not sign or lodge the application

**The lawyer checks:**

- Only one registered change is sought in a 12-month period, as the page states
- The page does not call the application a statutory declaration. If the current file is one, the tool writes nothing in it
- A restricted person is a person serving a sentence of imprisonment or on parole, and the approval is from the Director-General of the Justice and Community Safety Directorate
- The fee page was not opened
- The court's or tribunal's current index is checked before assuming a generative-AI practice direction applies. None was stated on the page opened for this guide.

## Authorities

- [Access Canberra, Change your name as an adult](https://www.accesscanberra.act.gov.au/births-relationships-and-deaths/name-changes/change-your-name-as-an-adult)
- [Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1997 (ACT)](https://www.legislation.act.gov.au/a/1997-112)

## Official form

[Official form](https://www.accesscanberra.act.gov.au/births-relationships-and-deaths/name-changes/change-your-name-as-an-adult)

## Where this comes from

The official form is published by accesscanberra.act.gov.au; this page is a completion guide. Last checked on 2026-10-22.

## Full text and drafting notes

The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/family-law/form-act-adult-change-of-name and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*