Change back to maiden name without consent

Loanranger

Who or what is involved in enrolling?
My name was changed by deed poll as a child and as far as i know there was no one to enrol the change with. I am on my 4th name, so far. Just as well i have never favoured the double barrelled thing.:D

duchy

Floxxie wrote: »

According to the site I read, you have to execute a Deed Poll to revert back to your maiden name but they wouldn't require your husband's permission.

Absolute nonsense.

I got a similar line from the registrar when I was booking my (subsequent) wedding. They got arsey with me about not changing my name by deed pol when I reverted to my maiden namel. I pointed out that it was perfectly legal to change my name "by common usage" They grudgingly admitted that I was correct..

jjj1980

It's really got me narked that an adult of either sex, just because they are married, would have to ask for written permission from their partner to change their name! So much so, I'm going to ring the local Law Society tomorrow and ask for the reasoning behind that requirement in the Deed Poll Guide!

Even if I was still married, no way would I have been asking my then-husbands permission, I'd have just made the change and told him after!

pigpen

jjj1980 wrote: »

Even if I was still married, no way would I have been asking my then-husbands permission, I'd have just made the change and told him after!

But if you were married to him it would surely be something you would discuss beforehand.. Unless like my friend you do it online like a drunken dafty lol

My stepmother and dad never married .. Her son from a previous relationship took my dads surname when he was 3 without any deed poll rubbish .. He is in his 30's now and still only uses my dads surname on his passport and bank and NI number!!

2 of mine have a double surname but we only use OHs on their bank and school stuff

Mojisola

Loanranger wrote: »

Who or what is involved in enrolling?

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/changes-of-name/
"The person changing their name can ask their solicitor to ‘enrol’ the deed poll, for safekeeping, in the Enrolment Books of the Supreme Court of Judicature (formerly the Close Rolls of Chancery). However, this is not free, and most people decide against it."

skint_chick

I used my birth certificate to change my name on all my documents - passport, driving licence, bank accounts etc. You are legally allowed to use your maiden name at any time so this shouldn't be an issue. I was asked to write a letter signed in both names by the bank explaining that I was reverting to my maiden name. I've only ever used my divorce paperwork to register to marry for a second time, it's been filed away the rest of the time.

pigpen

skint_chick wrote: »

I used my birth certificate to change my name on all my documents - passport, driving licence, bank accounts etc. You are legally allowed to use your maiden name at any time so this shouldn't be an issue. I was asked to write a letter signed in both names by the bank explaining that I was reverting to my maiden name. I've only ever used my divorce paperwork to register to marry for a second time, it's been filed away the rest of the time.

was that a single or joint account though? if joint I can understand it.

missbiggles1

pigpen wrote: »

was that a single or joint account though? if joint I can understand it.

I assumed she meant both of her names, not his and hers.

jjj1980

pigpen wrote: »

But if you were married to him it would surely be something you would discuss beforehand.. Unless like my friend you do it online like a drunken dafty lol

My stepmother and dad never married .. Her son from a previous relationship took my dads surname when he was 3 without any deed poll rubbish .. He is in his 30's now and still only uses my dads surname on his passport and bank and NI number!!

2 of mine have a double surname but we only use OHs on their bank and school stuff

No, I wouldn't have, unless I felt like telling what I was doing. I'm an adult, can make my own decisions and unless I ask for people's opinions, what I do is no-one else's business.

theoretica

This raises an interesting hypothetical situation. If Jane Smith marries John Jones she can use Smith or Jones in situations that need proof of it being her 'real' name. If John decides to change his surname to Scrooge then does that automatically become one of her names too?