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My 1st Newlywed Post! Name change question...

shawl Posted: Mar 26, 2004 09:32 PM+

shawl MEMBER SINCE: 6/03 TOTAL POSTS : 733 WEDDING DATE: Mar 06, 2004

Posted: Mar 26, 2004 09:32 PM

My 1st Newlywed Post! Name change question...

Hi all! I have a name change question - I did not change my name, but when we received our marriage license, it was addressed to Mr. & Mrs. [my husband's name]. If you did change your name, did you receive some sort of notification of the name change? Just wondering if I should assume it was a clerical error on their part or just an addressing convention, or if I really need to be worried that my name has been changed against my will!

Many thanks!

Buttafli1277 Posted: Mar 26, 2004 09:54 PM+

Buttafli1277 MEMBER SINCE: 1/02 TOTAL POSTS : 2163 WEDDING DATE: May 18, 2003

Posted: Mar 26, 2004 09:54 PM

Re: My 1st Newlywed Post! Name change question...

I didn't receive any notification that I can legally change my name. Once I had my marriage license I just started changing my name on everything. Make sure that you didn't check that you were changing your name, and that it remaned the same on your license.

Julybaby Posted: Mar 27, 2004 07:48 AM+

Julybaby MEMBER SINCE: 10/02 TOTAL POSTS : 2664 WEDDING DATE: Jul 05, 2003

Posted: Mar 27, 2004 07:48 AM

Re: My 1st Newlywed Post! Name change question...

When we applied for a marriage license, I did check the box that said that I was going to change my name, so when the certificate arrived, it did say Mr. and Mrs. Rxxx. However, this is only a name change on your marriage certificate. You will need to go to Social Security, DMV, and all the other places that has your maiden name and change it yourself.