N.Y. Civil Rights Law § 60: Petition for change of name

§ 60. Petition for change of name. 1. A petition for leave to assume

another name may be made by a resident of the state to the county court

of the county or the supreme court in the county in which the petitioner

resides, or, if the petitioner resides in the city of New York, either

to the supreme court or to any branch of the civil court of the city of

New York, in any county of the city of New York. The petition to change

the name of an infant may be made by the infant through the infant's

next friend, or by either of the infant's parents, or by the infant's

general guardian, or by the guardian of the infant's person, or by the

infant's attorney.

2. An application may be made in family court seeking a name-change of

a child under the age of eighteen as part of a pending, related

proceeding. Such application may be made by any of the parties to the

proceeding or by the attorney for the child. An application for a name

change made in family court shall only be granted where it is on consent

of all parties.