Newly married, no name change. Do I need to inform anyone of my change of title from

wilkies5

I have been living with my partner for 27 happy years. Due to his terminal illness and poor prognosis, we decided to get married: making things easier when the awful time comes.
I changed my name - legally by Deed Poll - 14 yrs ago when we had our children. So the marriage has really only changed my title.
Who do I legally have to tell of my change of title? Who is interested in my identity?

missbiggles1

Nobody - you can call yourself what you like re both name and title.

Mojisola

No-one will be interested in whether you call yourself Miss, Ms or Mrs - you can be married or single and use whichever one you want.

Kynthia

I needed to tell my employer that my marital status had changed, partly fif security reasons but also because the information was fed through to my pension scheme. For some schemes your marital status is very important. So you might have old pensions where tge administrator could do with knowing. Other than that I can't think of anyone that 'needs' to know unless you receive any benefits hat would be impacted.

Mojisola

Kynthia wrote: »

I needed to tell my employer that my marital status had changed

That's right - marital status is important; title isn't.

maman

missbiggles1 wrote: »

Nobody - you can call yourself what you like re both name and title.

That's provided you haven't changed your name for fraud purposes.


I'd suggest OP keeps the marriage certificate safely (as I'm sure you would) in case you need to prove you are married at a future date such as for pension purposes or similar.

TBagpuss

your title is not part of your legal name so there isn't anyone you have to tell - it's down to whether you want to be known as 'Mrs' going forward, in which case let people know.

The fact that you are married may be relevant to things like employee / pension benefits so the fact of your marital status might be relevant to your/ your partner's employer or to your or their pension providers.

Be aware that having married means that any previous wills either of you had are revoked (unless they were explicitly stated to have been made in contemplation of your marriage) so you and your spouse may wish to make updated wills

suejb2

Will this change make any difference to your insurance policies? Home or car .

missbiggles1

suejb2 wrote: »

Will this change make any difference to your insurance policies? Home or car .

As before - marital status might, the title you choose is irrelevant.