---
title: "Register a change of name (South Australia): completion guide"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/family-law/form-sa-register-change-of-name"
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site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a16-form-sa-register-change-of-name"
area_id: "A16"
kind: "form"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A16-T1-R7", "A16-P20260916-3"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-22"
---

# Register a change of name (South Australia): completion guide

> Link to the South Australian page Register a change of name. The fee for an adult or a child is $322.00, and $144.00 where a court or tribunal orders the change. The page says declaration, not statutory declaration.…

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

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Link to the South Australian page Register a change of name. The fee for an adult or a child is $322.00, and $144.00 where a court or tribunal orders the change. The page says declaration, not statutory declaration. The online form was not opened.

## 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: South Australia
- 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 sa.gov.au and the 2 authorities it cites, for South Australia.

## When to use it

Use on a family file when a name is to be registered in South Australia, including a child's name, or when the page's marriage rule is in issue. An Australian marriage in which a partner's surname is taken, or the pre-marriage surname is resumed, does not need CBS registration. The tool does not write the declaration or the reason.

## 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 eligibility, the marriage exception, and the fee the page states. The lawyer writes the declaration and the reason, and checks the application before it is lodged.

**AI may:**

- Check birth in South Australia, or the overseas-birth residence test the page states
- Flag an Australian marriage surname change, which the page says does not need CBS registration
- List the fee line that applies: $322.00, or $144.00 for an order of a court or tribunal

**AI must not:**

- Must not draft the declaration or the reason for the change
- Must not draft a parenting plan or parenting orders
- Must not add a fee, a limit or an identity document the page does not state
- Must not sign, witness or lodge the application

**The lawyer checks:**

- The page says declaration. It does not say statutory declaration. If the current file is a statutory declaration, the tool writes nothing in it
- The declaration is signed before a registry approved witness. The full witness list was linked and not opened
- One change in 12 months, and three changes in a lifetime, are checked, with the permission categories the page names
- The processing-times page was not opened
- The lawyer checks the current South Australian generative-AI guideline. None was stated on the page opened for this guide.

## Authorities

- [SA.GOV.AU, Register a change of name](https://www.sa.gov.au/topics/family-and-community/births-deaths-and-marriages/changing-your-name)
- [Births, deaths and marriages Registration Act 1996 (SA)](https://www.legislation.sa.gov.au/lz?path=/c/a/births%20deaths%20and%20marriages%20registration%20act%201996)

## Official form

[Official form](https://www.sa.gov.au/topics/family-and-community/births-deaths-and-marriages/changing-your-name)

## Where this comes from

The official form is published by sa.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-sa-register-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.*