Header

At the top of every court form, there's a section called the "Header", which contains information about you and your case. Fill each of these out in the same way. You'll see header examples for all of the court forms covered by this guide.

ATTORNEY OR PARTY WITHOUT ATTORNEY

Here, enter your current (unchanged) legal name and the address where you live. Some forms will provide dedicated spaces for your address details and some just expect you to write your address after your name.

If the form asks, provide your phone number and email address.
If the form has an ATTORNEY FOR section, enter Self-Represented or In Pro Per.
Anything that doesn't apply, such as FIRM NAME, STATE BAR NUMBER, or FAX NO., you can leave blank.

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF...

After this text, enter the county where you'll be filing your case. For me, this was Los Angeles, so after I entered it, the full text read SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF Los Angeles.

If your form asks for it, you can find your court's address on its website. If it has separate street and mailing addresses, put those in their respective places. If not, put the same address in both the Street and Mailing address areas.

PETITION OF

In this section, put your current (unchanged) legal name

CASE NAME

In this section, enter "Petition of Current Legal Name for Change of Name and Gender", replacing Current Legal Name with your current legal name. If any future forms ask for a case name or a short title, use the same thing there.