well well well...looks like it'll be much easier for mom and/or pooky to do the name change thang than it was for me waaay back in the olden days - now all the forms are on the net! it was rather empowering when i did it, poring through legal books and creating the forms myself. looks as though the cost will be a little bit more though - i think it was 65 bucks to file when i did it - now the filing fee is $104.