[Nana2Teddy]

Originally Posted by villager7591

Might be easier just to find a man with the same last name as your current name ?

Even better find a man with the same last name as your maiden name. Then you’ll match your birth certificate again. Thankfully, most of today’s young women are keeping their maiden names when marrying, and those who aren’t should be. I wish I had even though I’ve been happily married for 47 years now.

[johnsre]

It did it in the divorce agreement papers.

[midiwiz]

Originally Posted by AMB444

TOTV is such a wonderful resource for information!

Fun question for you all that are in the know... but serious about how to progress.

Who knows how a divorced woman can change her name BACK to her maiden name.

Thanks all!!

typically it's done in the divorce decree.

[psoccermom]

Originally Posted by AMB444

TOTV is such a wonderful resource for information!

Fun question for you all that are in the know... but serious about how to progress.

Who knows how a divorced woman can change her name BACK to her maiden name.

Thanks all!!

I changed my first name in Marion County back in 2007. It was not difficult. The courthouse has the petition you complete, asking the court to change your name. File the papers, and a court date will be assigned. I went before a magistrate who asked why I was changing my name. The name change is granted once they determine it is reasonable and not for fraud. You then have a legal document to show to change your driver's license, passport, or anything else that needs to be changed.

[LianneMigiano]

Originally Posted by Nana2Teddy

Thankfully, most of today’s young women are keeping their maiden names when marrying, and those who aren’t should be. I wish I had even though I’ve been happily married for 47 years now.

Feminists fought for the right to keep their maiden name way back in the 1970's. I've not seen "most" young women keep their maiden name - even today! I wish that were true - so that it would have been worth the fight way-back-when. It took a considerable amount of time for it to be "acceptable" to do so. Four children, and several decades into marriage made me change my mind, but I still wish that I had been brave enough back when it wasn't "acceptable"!

[juddfl]

When I got a divorce in New Jersey I changed my name back to my maiden name. We had no children and it didn't make sense to keep his name. You need to do it as part of your divorce. Otherwise, you will have to pay to get it changed. That's what the lawyer suggested.

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by LianneMigiano

Feminists fought for the right to keep their maiden name way back in the 1970's. I've not seen "most" young women keep their maiden name - even today! I wish that were true - so that it would have been worth the fight way-back-when. It took a considerable amount of time for it to be "acceptable" to do so. Four children, and several decades into marriage made me change my mind, but I still wish that I had been brave enough back when it wasn't "acceptable"!

Do as you wish but there is something to be said for Tradition.

Seems like bra burning has stopped though

[DonnaNi4os]

You can change your name to anything. It has to be done legally but you can change any part of all of your name

[Salty Dog]

My X said why bother. She had my name twice as long as she had her maiden name.

[margaretmattson]

Originally Posted by DonnaNi4os

You can change your name to anything. It has to be done legally but you can change any part of all of your name

Like some have posted,go to the courthouse FIRST and speak to the clerk. This may save high attorney fes.

[Nana2Teddy]

Originally Posted by LianneMigiano

Feminists fought for the right to keep their maiden name way back in the 1970's. I've not seen "most" young women keep their maiden name - even today! I wish that were true - so that it would have been worth the fight way-back-when. It took a considerable amount of time for it to be "acceptable" to do so. Four children, and several decades into marriage made me change my mind, but I still wish that I had been brave enough back when it wasn't "acceptable"!

I should have said many rather than most, but thankfully my daughter and daughter-in-law both made the wise decision to keep their maiden names.

[BrianL99]

Originally Posted by LianneMigiano

Feminists fought for the right to keep their maiden name way back in the 1970's. I've not seen "most" young women keep their maiden name - even today! I wish that were true - so that it would have been worth the fight way-back-when. It took a considerable amount of time for it to be "acceptable" to do so. Four children, and several decades into marriage made me change my mind, but I still wish that I had been brave enough back when it wasn't "acceptable"!

Originally Posted by Nana2Teddy

I should have said many rather than most, but thankfully my daughter and daughter-in-law both made the wise decision to keep their maiden names.

If my daughter gets married, I hope she keeps her birth name ... & I hope she never hears the words "Maiden Name". In the 21st Century, it sounds insulting and derogatory to me.

[Nana2Teddy]

Originally Posted by BrianL99

If my daughter gets married, I hope she keeps her birth name ... & I hope she never hears the words "Maiden Name". In the 21st Century, it sounds insulting and derogatory to me.

Good grief! 🙄 What a silly thing to be angry about considering everything else that’s happening in this crazy world right now. Maiden name is literally what it’s called, and it doesn’t feel in the least bit wrong to me, and I’m a very modern woman.

[VAtoFLA]

Originally Posted by Nana2Teddy

Good grief! 🙄 What a silly thing to be angry about considering everything else that’s happening in this crazy world right now. Maiden name is literally what it’s called, and it doesn’t feel in the least bit wrong to me, and I’m a very modern woman.

Well, hoping that she keeps her birth name and preferring she doesn't hear a phrase he finds objectionable, doesn't equal "Angry". Even so, let's say her were angry about it. Humans are able to be angry about multiple things at the same time. This thread just happens to be about this topic and not "everything else that's happening in this crazy world right now". It's not mutually exclusive.

[Slainte]

Your birth name and name by marriage are both valid names. Legal documents such as Banks & Estate documents, usually require that you state aka (also known as) for court, police, bank & especially Estate documents. Many Divorce decrees do not include the request to ‘return’ a maiden name, but it is still a name you were given by birth. I wouldn’t waste money trying to delete either name. I would be consistent in using a particular name.