If an adoptee’s name is to change, the adoptee must be called by the new name once the order of adoption is entered. MCL 710.60(1).
“Where the parents or surviving parent has given consent to an adoption and the petitioner desires to change the name of the adopted child, the order of adoption and exemplification of record shall not contain the name of the child’s natural parents or the name bestowed upon the child before the adoption.” MCL 710.59.
At the adoptive parent’s request, the court may enter a new name for an adopted child on a delayed registration of foreign birth.1 MCL 333.2830(4). Once the adoptive parent files a motion for a delayed registration of foreign birth that includes a name change, “the new name shall be the legal name of the adopted child.” Id.
1 For a discussion on a delayed registration of foreign birth, see Section 6.10.