[Magdalen] Prayer request: name change

[Ginga Wilder]

Praying, Kristin, that your name change will happen without too much red
tape, protocol, and stress for you.

Ginga

On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 6:56 PM, Eileen Kinney via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

> Prayers that the procedure goes well.
> Eileen in Northern Illinois
>
>
> In a message dated 10/13/2015 10:41:41 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
> kristin at verumsolum.com writes:
>
> This  morning, I filed my petition to change my name. And was
> disappointed to  receive a hearing date in return.
>
> I had received help at a conference  in Richmond over the weekend to fill
> out the paperwork. They said that  normally, the paperwork is returned in
> the mail, but that sometimes people  receive a hearing date: they did
> warn me that I might be more likely to  receive a court date, since I am
> not a US citizen.
>
> Unfortunately,  the only advice I received for that situation was: "If
> you get a hearing  date, contact this lawyer," and a suggestion of pro
> bono assistance from  him. And a business card. So I am now awaiting his
> reply.
>
> Even  getting into the courthouse to file my petition required a stretch
> out of  my comfort zone (which was not aided when the prepay-for-parking
> machine  outside the door was out of order, so I had to go inside to pay
> for  parking…and, not realizing how their system was set up, I had to
> make a  trip that should have been unnecessary back out for my paperwork
> which I  had left in the vehicle. (With a prepay system, I was expecting
> to need to  put a ticket in the windshield or something.) So I ended up
> going through  security twice at the entrance.
>
> So it looks like October 30th is the  next step in this process.
>
> Kristin
>
> --
> Kristin  Rollins
> kristin at verumsolum.com
> Portsmouth,  VA
>