Getting court decree number for name change associated with step-parent adoption

What is the name of your state? Alabama

I am needing to do a name change on an insurance policy because my mother never did it. I have to do it in a 2 step process because I have to change my name from my birth name to my adoptive step-father's last name to my married name. The paperwork is asking me for a court decree number for the name change from being adopted. How would I go about getting this information?

ASk your mom or stepdad for a copy of the court decree? I saved my daughter's in a fire-safe box.

Also, I did a name change with Social Security, so it's possible they may have a record of the original and adoptive name.

As adoptive records are sealed, you may have difficulty getting the decree copy from the courthouse yourself. If either adoptive parent is still around, they could likely request a duplicate.

We (myself, my mother and my step-father) are not exactly on good terms at the moment. Actually we are soon to be in a court battle. I don't really care about seeing the record...just need the decree number. I was not sure if they are as strict with step-parent adoption records??

Just asking - When you were adopted wasn't a new birth certificate ordered? Couldn't that be enough to satisfy the insurance company?

The new BC doesn't actually show the old, then new name on it. Thus to create a paper trail of the fact that the person F/K/A "X" is N/K/A "Y". Only the adoption decree shows that the child known as whatever is now whomever. At least my kiddos post adoption BCs (2, one in Bulgaria after our adoption, then when she was readopted in our county to complete her name change) are that way.