Changing Name After Wedding
Name Change After Your Wedding
By George Meszaros
There is no legal requirement to do so, yet most brides change their
names after getting married. Normally, brides take their
husband’s last name keeping their own first names. Commonly,
newly married women hyphenate their surname with their husband’s.
When Mary Jones marries Joe White, she may hyphenate the two surnames
such as Jones-White. On rare occasions, men will change their names
after the wedding.
Brides, who take on their husband’s last name, normally keep
their middle names. Mary Ann Jones may become Mary White. The law
prohibits the name change for the purpose of fraud. The new name is
required to be entered in the appropriate space on the marriage
license. If a woman is married for the second time, she may take the
name of the second husband even though she has take the name of the
first husband after her first marriage.
If is possible, and is often the case, for a married woman to continue
to use her own maiden name professionally while taken on the new
surname socially. So, she continues as Mary Jones at work, while
socially she is Mrs. Mary White.
If the woman has children from a previous marriage, the children will
normally retain the last name of their father. At the same time she may
revert to her maiden name or take on her new husband’s last name.
Make sure you notify all interested parties about your changed name to
avoid confusion. Some of the most common places you should notify are
doctors, dentists, banks, schools, and any organization you may belong
to. Some organizations may accept a written letter, while other may
require proof of name change.
If you decide to change your name in an unconventional way, you may be
faced with some challenges. You may come up with a hybrid name made up
of your surname and the surname of your husband. The process is going
to be the same, except you may have to explain your new name to a few
people.
If you decide to make the name change at a later date, you may file a petition for change of name with the court.
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