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A legal process by which an adult of sound mind may apply to a court, and on payment of the appropriate fee and fulfilment of conditions, have their name changed by Deed Poll to something different of their choosing and all trace of their relationship with their family expunged from all records, including
the "sealing" of their original birth certificate - accessible thereafter only to law enforcement with a judge's permission.
A boon for those beset by embarrassing elderly relatives.
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There's a story here, dare I ask? |
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Let me guess - your parents have just broken the
news that you're not adopted? |
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Sorry, [poc], accidentally deleted your annotation. |
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A boon for those beset by embarrassing younger and similarly aged relatives. |
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A boon for those beset by lawyers and prosecutors. |
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A boon for those beset by crime families and the bankers/debt collectors. |
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Would this not be Subdoption? |
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Or simply boption / doption, as in theism vs/ atheism? |
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No change in the word is needed: "Adopt" comes from ad- ("to", "towards" or "on") + optare ("to choose"), so it is the process of moving towards a choice or a decision. Choosing to sever links with your family would also be a process of coming to a decision, so the same word should be used. |
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I don't know if you used the right wording for a name change. Besides if it was random you could get something worse like Moehammy Beardyface. |
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