Comments on: IN: Bill would bar persons required to register as sex offenders from changing name

By: Phys Ed

Phys Ed — Tue, 12 Feb 2019 06:24:39 +0000

In reply to timbertex. Yes, Truthfinder can do something similar, but I don't believe it's as thorough as what you're talking about. If you would, please post a list of the links you found to be helpful.

By: timbertex

timbertex — Thu, 07 Feb 2019 23:28:01 +0000

I commented on another entry regarding name change. I’m not sure how that would help an individual as all of their prior records would still be following them under their new name. I chose to live under an assumed business name and a tax ID number. I chose a business name that sounds like a person and got bank accounts and debit cards and I simply live and work under that assumed business name. Nobody can be a cell phone vigilante and run my name through an online background check because they don’t actually have my real name. It has worked very well for me and it’s totally legal.

That being said, our participation in those online background check websites is completely voluntary. You can hire an online company to delete your name(s) from those databases or you can do like I did and do it yourself for free. I even erased my family members from these nefarious sites that hold no social value.

There are only 10 main databases that you have to remove your name from and all of the other databases trickle down from there so within a week or so your name is removed from all databases and it remains that way until you open a new account somewhere that could trigger a new profile for you so it’s good just to check once a year and make Sure that you’re still deleted from the Databases. You can find all of this information online on how to do it. I actually had a bad experience with this and that is when I took action to protect my identity. It’s very easy to do and if you need more information send me a comment.

God bless

By: Phys Ed

Phys Ed — Sat, 26 Jan 2019 07:14:57 +0000

Some of us have had TWO names for nearly half a century, a birth name and a non-de-plume as a novelist or an actor, and are members of show business unions. We sometimes receive royalties or residuals under both names. What would Representative Clere call a “serious” sex offense? Mine was illegally prosecuted and because of prosecutorial misconduct during it, I was coerced into a guilty plea through my own ignorance and the public defender’s lying advice which threw me under the bus. The judge felt justified in sentencing me to both lifetime supervision and registration. All this for a non-contact/non-violent offense for whom no identifiable “victim” was clearly marked on the indictment and judgement.
I am also a US Army veteran honorably discharged from an active war zone. Maybe I should go for a THIRD name… How about Dred Scott?

By: JZ

JZ — Fri, 25 Jan 2019 23:55:43 +0000

In reply to Jack.

Actually, registered citizens can petition for a name change:

http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0000-0099/0068/Sections/0068.07.html

The legal process is not automatic; it is an intrusive petition which can be denied:

https://www.flcourts.org/content/download/403305/3458164/982a.pdf

I don’t see a benefit in doing this, just more opportunity to screw up the registration process and end up back in prison or wearing a “Lauren” anklet.

By: I

Fri, 25 Jan 2019 16:35:39 +0000

I often wonder if these idiots are purposely trying to make us all suicidal more! Sigh.
– god helps us and give us strength to endure these pathetic, ridiculous, unfair, torturous, unethical laws!

By: susan rudolph

susan rudolph — Fri, 25 Jan 2019 13:32:29 +0000

In reply to Florida Action Committee. What if you get married?? That's a legal name change too. These bills are stupid so often. With a stroke of a pen, more damage..

By: RM

RM — Fri, 25 Jan 2019 02:34:50 +0000

In reply to j. Unless all 50 states adopt the same law, it will have no enduring effect since the Full Faith and Credit Clause of the United States Constitution requires all states to honor the public acts, records and judicial proceedings of other states, which includes name changes. Just more meaningless dribble from a legislator looking for attention.

By: Tired Of Being Mistreated

Tired Of Being Mistreated — Fri, 25 Jan 2019 00:26:19 +0000

Would this also include females that get married ??. Can a law be inacted to even prevent someone changing their name after getting married ???.

By: Dustin

Dustin — Fri, 25 Jan 2019 00:25:09 +0000

If this is such a widespread problem that it requires a legislative solution, someone should ask him to provide 5 cases where a registrant legally changed their name and later went on to commit another sex offense. Betting he wouldn’t even be able to find one.

Pandering at its finest…

By: Gerald

Gerald — Thu, 24 Jan 2019 23:57:06 +0000

I wonder if that would apply to one spouse who wants to take the last name of the other spouse when they marry? Would it survive a legal challenge if the proposed name change was for religious purposes? Will they ban all cosmetic surgery for convicted sex offenders next? How many civil liberties do they have to take away from us before the Supreme Court comes to its senses?