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Car insurance - changing name after marriage

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  • Iceweasel
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    When a woman is married her name does NOT change.

    Any change is the woman's decision.

    She has the option to continue using her maiden name if she wishes.

    I know of no law that says a woman can't have a passport in her original name and a driving licence in her new name or vice versa.

    As long as there is no attempt at deception I fail to see what the problem is if a woman chooses to stick with her maiden name.

    Can anyone tell me the precise Act and Section where it says that an offence has been committed if a woman chooses to continue a passport or driving licence in her maiden name.

    All I have heard so far are vague references applying to failure to notify a change - that can only be after the woman has decided to change a specific document.

    And who would know when the woman has decided to change.

    None of this applies to the OP who I think has decided voluntarily to change her name to that of her husband.
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