(a) Each application for change of name must be notarized and must provide the following information about the applicant:
(1) The applicant’s name and current address;
(2) The date and place of birth of the applicant, and if known, the applicant’s father’s name, the applicant’s mother’s maiden name, and where the applicant has resided since birth;
(3) If the applicant is married, the name of the applicant’s spouse, and if the applicant has children, the names and ages of each child and where the child resides;
(4) A statement that the applicant is a bona fide resident of and domiciled in the Virgin Islands;
(5) A statement as to whether the applicant has outstanding child support or tax obligations;
(6) If the applicant is over sixteen years of age, the results of a state and national criminal history check conducted by the Virgin Islands Department of Justice, State Bureau of Investigation, the Federal Bureau of Investigation or a Channeler approved by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, within 90 days of the date of the application;
(7) The applicant’s occupation and where the applicant is employed and has been employed for five years preceding the filing of the application for change of name;
(8) If the applicant attended graduate school, the names of all graduate schools attended, the date of graduation, and degrees received;
(9) Whether the applicant has ever been arrested for or charged with, pled guilty or nolo contendere to, or been found to have committed a criminal offense, regardless of adjudication, and if so, when and where;
(10) Whether the applicant has ever been adjudicated bankrupt and if so, where and when;
(11) Whether the applicant’s civil rights have ever been suspended or, if the applicant’s civil rights have been suspended, the date on which full restoration of civil rights occurred; and
(12) Whether the applicant has been generally known or called by any other names or aliases and if so, by what names or aliases and where and when.
(b) Application for change of name may be heard and determined by the superior court. No lawful change of the name of a person, except a woman upon her marriage or divorce, or upon the adoption of a child, shall be made unless for sufficient reasons not inconsistent with the public interest and satisfactory to the court.