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LadyTeala

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i live in california. i've been here my whole life. i'm 38 years old and recently divorced after 18 years of marriage. i would like to change my name back to my maiden name. i want to call my children by my maiden name and my married name. can i do that legally? i want to hyphenate it. is there any reason i can't do that? even if legally they are by his last name is there any reason i can't hyphenate the names the rest of the time? i don't want to sound redundant but i'm trying to make sure i'm clear. thank-you.
 


I AM ALWAYS LIABLE

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LadyTeala said:
i live in california. i've been here my whole life. i'm 38 years old and recently divorced after 18 years of marriage. i would like to change my name back to my maiden name. i want to call my children by my maiden name and my married name. can i do that legally? i want to hyphenate it. is there any reason i can't do that? even if legally they are by his last name is there any reason i can't hyphenate the names the rest of the time? i don't want to sound redundant but i'm trying to make sure i'm clear. thank-you.
My response:

In your efforts to make things "clear", you still confused the hell out of me !

Try this site:
http://www.soyouwanna.com/site/syws/changename/changenameFULL.html

If you have any questions after you've read that link, then c'mon back here and we'll chew the fat.

Good luck to you.

IAAL

[Edited by I AM ALWAYS LIABLE on 06-12-2001 at 09:50 PM]
 
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LadyTeala

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Hi IAAL

Hi IAAL,

I thought perhaps an example. Say our married name is "Smith" but I want to go back to my maiden name "Jones" is it ok to register our children in school and anywhere else that we may register them by the name, Jones-Smith. I think legally their name would still be Smith. But is it ok to go by Jones-Smith other than in legal issues. My 9 year old daughter would like to use my name "jones" and his name "Smith". Thank you for helping me. {I hope I'm not confusing things even further and thank- you for the link.}
 

I AM ALWAYS LIABLE

Senior Member
My response:

Still confused ? Well, you won't be on our next episode of Soap !

I'm just rolling in the aisle on this one ! It seems the more you explain, the worse it becomes. All I can tell you is to read the suggested site. Thanks for writing.

Sincerely,

Alias Smith and Jones.
 

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