changing your name after divorce

tanith

Could you not use a double-barrelled name so that you have your maiden name hyphenated you married name


Brown-Jones.... that way you could use either or both and you and kids would still have the same name

nadi_2

thanks beccles, yes complicated, children are! mine want to change to my maiden name too, but that i think would mean they lose part of their identity, tanith the double barrel surname does sound good but both my surnames are quite long so it would be a bit of a mouthfull

Bossyboots

My friend does not want to be thought of as "a spinster of this parish" so she has changed her name (she didn't want to use her maiden name) and adopted the title Mrs.

janb5

Hiya. I agree with some of the other posters. I have been divorced for four years and I hate Ms! I have kept my married surname as I wanted the same as my children. I do find people look at my ring finger a lot! I tend to use my first name...Jan B.... so it removes the need to use a prefix!

I just think that Ms is neither one thing nor the other!

MJMum

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January20

janb5 wrote:

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I just think that Ms is neither one thing nor the other!

Isn't that the point though? Like another poster said earlier, I think having to use Miss or Mrs to state your marital status is unfair - and old fashioned.

After my divorce, I couldn't stand to keep my ex's name so I consulted my DD who said it didn't matter if I reverted to my maiden name, as even if we had different names it wouldn't change our relationship (she's got a wise head on that one lol).

So I'm now Ms Maiden Name. And she was right of course. And as for confusion, it's getting so commun now that it doesn't happen very often.

hippychick1

I'm going through a divorce at the moment. I have kept my married name but use Miss. It means I have the same surname as my children, but got rid of being a Mrs! It probably annoys ex and his new fiance that I still have his name too!!!!!

peachyprice

You can call yourself anything you want, Miss, Mrs. Ms. None have any legal bearing and none are right or wrong.

Ms. is a fairly recent title, pioneered by feminists who thought it was unfair that men are Mr regardless of their married status, Ms is the female version if you like, in that it gives no indication of your married status.

heretolearn_2

It really doesn't matter, use whichever one you prefer, as there are no legal implications.

I've been a Ms all my life!

WestonDave

mkeen61267 wrote: »

Quickedivorce.co.uk have just relaunched their diy divorce website and now have a discounted change of name deed service which is just £9.99 and includes 5 certified copies. Which if you compare it to deedpoll online at £33.00 is a considerable saving. The service offers next day delivery and free postage. You don't even need to buy their divorce service.

Note - if you are reverting to your maiden name after divorce there is no need to pay for a change of name deed.

The following is a quote from the principal registry -
"A woman who bears her father's surname is regarded as having this surname treated as her maiden name. Upon marriage it is the custom for the wife to assume and use her husband's surname. However, this is merely a convention. At no time does she lose her maiden name, which she may use at any time or indeed at the same time as her married name.
Hence, on divorcing their husband, the former wife is fully entitled to reverting to using her maiden name without any formaility - because she never lost her surname"

In terms of documentation copies of birth certificate, marriage certificate and decree absolute will evidence the various changes.