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Would land registry accept two marriage certs for third name change?

Ok, sorry for the confusing title. Basically, when I bought my house with my ex husband it was under my maiden name. Since we got divorced I haven't changed it back simply because of time/effort/money. I've had the register updated to remove him and only I remain albeit under maiden name identity, the solicitor said if I provided my old marriage cert this would be fine should I sell the house. IF I was to get married a second time would the land registry accept two marriage certs to provide background to my names i.e from A to B then B to C? On my second marriage cert would be my current legal name from my ex husband. If I sell my current house to buy a new with my new partner I'd like to be married and have my new name on the deeds from the get go.

The thought of changing everything back to my maiden then to change everything a third time for a new surname is really off putting but I'll do it if it saves problems further down the line.

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  • Brie
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    Well you could change your name back to what it was originally and then not change it IF you get married again.  But yes - as long as you can prove A=B and B=C that should be fine.  At least it was when I worked in finance and you were needing to connect the dots on various bank accounts, employments, education etc.  
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  • pkmid
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    Brie said:
    Well you could change your name back to what it was originally and then not change it IF you get married again.  But yes - as long as you can prove A=B and B=C that should be fine.  At least it was when I worked in finance and you were needing to connect the dots on various bank accounts, employments, education etc.  
    Thank you for your reply, yes I thought about going back to my maiden name but it would mean a new passport, contact DVLA, banks etc etc which is time and money and IF I get married a second time I would want to take my partners name again so would be re-doing it all over. 
  • KittenChops
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    edited 24 October 2024 at 2:09PM
    pkmid said:
    Ok, sorry for the confusing title. Basically, when I bought my house with my ex husband it was under my maiden name. Since we got divorced I haven't changed it back simply because of time/effort/money. I've had the register updated to remove him and only I remain albeit under maiden name identity, the solicitor said if I provided my old marriage cert this would be fine should I sell the house. IF I was to get married a second time would the land registry accept two marriage certs to provide background to my names i.e from A to B then B to C? On my second marriage cert would be my current legal name from my ex husband. If I sell my current house to buy a new with my new partner I'd like to be married and have my new name on the deeds from the get go.

    The thought of changing everything back to my maiden then to change everything a third time for a new surname is really off putting but I'll do it if it saves problems further down the line.
    I sold a house almost 2 years that was solely in my name, and in my maiden name.  I had to provide my solicitor with a copy of my marriage certificate to prove I was the same person (from A to B in your example) - so I can't see why a second marriage certificate wouldn't prove the B to C part or be a problem. It's just providing an audit trail to prove all three names belong to the same person.

    (Edited for clarity)
  • pkmid
    pkmid Posts: 71 Forumite
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    pkmid said:
    Ok, sorry for the confusing title. Basically, when I bought my house with my ex husband it was under my maiden name. Since we got divorced I haven't changed it back simply because of time/effort/money. I've had the register updated to remove him and only I remain albeit under maiden name identity, the solicitor said if I provided my old marriage cert this would be fine should I sell the house. IF I was to get married a second time would the land registry accept two marriage certs to provide background to my names i.e from A to B then B to C? On my second marriage cert would be my current legal name from my ex husband. If I sell my current house to buy a new with my new partner I'd like to be married and have my new name on the deeds from the get go.

    The thought of changing everything back to my maiden then to change everything a third time for a new surname is really off putting but I'll do it if it saves problems further down the line.
    I sold a house almost 2 years that was solely in my name, and in my maiden name.  I had to provide my solicitor with a copy of my marriage certificate to prove I was the same person (from A to B in your example) - so I can't see why a second marriage certificate wouldn't prove the B to C part or be a problem. It's just providing an audit trail to prove all three names belong to the same person.

    (Edited for clarity)
    Thank you- that's good to know :)
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