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vapyan

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Is there any way you can legally stop your ex-wife from using your surname after divorce?
 


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Senior Member
My response:

Nope.

Unless a name change is requested by the ex-spouse prior to the divorce decree being signed, then the ex-spouse can, theoretically, go to his / her grave with the marriage surname.

IAAL
 

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