An instrument changing the name, by virtue of sections 811 and 812 of this title, shall be filed in the Probate Division of the Superior Court of the district in which such person or minor resides. (Amended 1971, No. 179 (Adj. Sess.), § 13; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 238a, eff. Feb. 1, 2011.)