If a person's name is spelled wrong on paperwork, is the paperwork legal?

If the person can be reasonably identified as a party to a contract, the incidental misspelling of their name is most likely insufficient to make the contract void or voidable. In fact, presenting such a defense is more likely to place your Husband in material breach of any contract he may have.

If the misspelling is on legal papers served upon your husband, the courts are very liberal in allowing amendments of the name of a party. I agree with Attorney Osterling's prior response if the misspelling is on a contract.

Like my colleagues, I'm confused by what you mean "notification". Is this a contract? Is this a court proceeding? Is this a payment? What do you mean? Likely, misspelling of names are what we call "clerical errors" meaning that they are common, so we disregard the misspelling if the person can otherwise be properly identified. Whatever the case of the above, the misspelling can be easily corrected because I assume that the name is close enough and the fact that it was a DJ is sufficient to identify your husband.

Sounds like your husband didn't play the three dances, so he is being sued for breach of contract, correct? If you are asking if the summons and complaint are legal if his names are misspelled, the answer is yes, if the plaintiffs can identify him by other means. Since he probably had a contract with them, it sounds like a minor clerical error. He needs to file an answer, or he will be in default. Best, Melissa Mack