Adult name change
$795, plus about $250 to file. Publication, if the court requires it, is extra. Certified copies are extra.
This is the uncontested path: petition, the papers the court asks for, and the hearing if the matter stays uncontested.
Name changes
Adult and child name changes, start to finish when nobody objects.
A New Jersey name-change petition has filing fees, and sometimes publication. Those costs are extra. The attorney fee below is the work of preparing and walking the petition through.
Child name change
$1,095 when there is consent or no objection, plus about $250 to file. A contested child name change is not a flat fee. That is a consult, then hourly work if I take it.