674.1  Authorization.
  A person who has attained the age of majority and who does not have any civil disabilities may apply to the court to change the person’s name by filing a verified petition as provided in this chapter. The verified petition may request a name change for minor children of the petitioner as well as the petitioner or a parent may file a verified petition requesting a name change on behalf of a minor child of the parent.
[C51, §2256 – 2260; R60, §3844 – 3848; C73, §3502 – 3506; C97, §4471 – 4475; S13, §4471-b; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12645; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §674.1; 81 Acts, ch 201, §1]