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How to Change Your Name After a Divorce

Divorce is nothing but separation of two individuals who were one and emotionally close at one point of time. Separation is going to be a turning point in their lives. So they need to create a new identity in the society as separate individuals. There comes the importance of change in name. They might need to shed their tail- end names such as surnames or so which was attached after their marriage. The best answer to ‘how to change your name after divorce’ is to have it done legally with the help of a family attorney. Once the divorce is over, they can obtain a copy of the court order and it can be used as a solid proof to change your name as you wish.
Instructions for change your name after divorce
The divorcee needs to have the address labels and personalized stationery to get his/her name changed.
Things to remember
1. One has to make sure that he/she has to inform the judge during divorce trial itself that name change is required after divorce. So the it would be easy for the judge to mention the changed name in the court order.
2. Make sure that the divorcee gets the court order or the judgment copy from the family attorney.
3. Once it is received, inform the motor vehicle dept, social Security authorities, his/her employer, Bank, Creditors, loan authorities and other utility providers and others concerned the change in name. And request the concerned to
4. change your name in their records.
5. It is mandatory that one has to appear before the Social Security and motor vehicle authorities in person with thee copy of the court order and a personal ID to have the changes to be made in their official records.
6. Make sure that the copies of court order of divorce with changed name are submitted to other authorities who are particular about it.
7. Divorcee has to understand that he/she can just change their children’s names on their whims and fancies. It should be done only according to the court order.
8. Inform all near and dear that your have changed your name. Make sure that you inform the postal dept the name change in time. It would avoid unnecessary confusion in future.
Name change sounds very simple and a fancy affair but when somebody wants to do it officially, he/she has to do it properly ;otherwise they will get into some sort of problems that could affect them badly in their future course of action. However, no one can put a pressure on somebody to change his/her name after divorce because it is purely a personal affair. But as a friend or a mentor, one can make them understand the consequences of not changing names after divorce. Name has got its own identity. So people have to be very careful in making any change on it. Name appears everywhere where one is involved, so if no one is supposed to keep multiple names for his/her own convenience. Every individual’s name (a legal citizen’s) is something that is legally approved. So if there is any change taken place in it, it has to be intimated to the concerned in time.

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