I want to drop my last name I kept after a divorce. What do I need to do?
112481
Just go to a lawyer and he will draw up the papers to go to court to have it changed
638095
Go ahead and just start using a middle name.  Try it on for a while and make sure you like it.\n\nThen call your local courthouse and ask how to legally change your name.  It's probably just a matter of filing some papers at the courthouse.
879755
Get ahold of a lawyer who does adoptions. He will write up a petition for adoption and run it in the local newspaper in the town where you last knew that your ex lived (if you don't know where he is at now...then just have them run it in your local newspaper). It has to run for 4 weeks (regardless as to whether it is a daily or weekly paper) and if he doesn't respond to it to contest it, then the lawyer will get a date set on the courts docket and you will go to court and the judge will grant the adoption by default. New birth certificates will be made up and they will replace the original ones, although they will staple it over the original at the state capital Vital Statistics. You will receive the new Birth certificates with you and new hubby's names as birth parents and the kids will have his last name as if they were born that way.\nCongratulations and Good Luck!!!!
1122912
there are several ways to go about it, \n1. hire an attorney\n2. go through rural legal services \n3. do it yourself- just go to court house and ask for the paperwork and file it yourself. \n4. hope the ex files
303422
Doesn't sound right.\nI think you have to go to the office of vital statistics and change your social security card to that of your married name you put on the ceritficate.\nCall the office of Vital Statistics in your area or local courthouse. Usually the middle name is dropped and maiden becomes your middle unless you prefer to keep your middle and drop your maiden.
139665
Go to the Court House and file a petition for name change.  They will do a criminal background check and other background checks.  Then a court justices will evaluate a name change.
485343
You need to go to your nearest passport agency. In the Us, you can go to the post office, overseas, you need to go to the Embassy. You have to bring your old passport, and a certified copy of the legality of your name change, such as a marriage certificate, an adoption certificate, a divorce decree with permanent orders, or a court ruling on your name change.
213507
check out your divorce papers \nmaybe your custody papers \nif there isn't either you need to file a custody suit
585965
You have to fill up a form and apply for a different social security card. Bring with your your documents - such as proof of change of name (i.e. marriage certificate, legal name change), your old social security card, and any other requirements listed on the form. I believe you can print it off the internet. Go to www.socialsecurity.gov. You'll find more information there that you need to know for your application.\n\nGoodluck!
580189
Sure--afterall, divorce documents are legal records.  I would give a call to the local Family Court and ask the clerk for the name & number of the person to contact.  Good luck to you!
516098
Take a copy of your marriage license and then:\n1st- go to your local DMV & change your ID/DL\n2nd- Go to your local SS office and change you SS card\n3rd- Contact or update all your mail (bills,bank records, credit cards, insurance cards) to update your last name.\n\n**Not sure why I took every possible piece of identification to the SS office first and they did not change it for me. They told me to go to the DMV first THEN come back to them. I never understood that.**
109560
Contact your local courthouse and ask them what forms are required for you to change your name.  You will get scheduled for a hearing before a judge and you wille explain your request.
639979
NO duh!\n\nIf your name is changed legally how could you sign anything with anything but your new legal name DuH!
61060
It depends on where you live.  Most states have pre-printed forms for most of the divorce process.  You should also look for free or low-cost legal assistance in your area if you can't afford an attorney.
21532
I believe that it means they want you to stop using your last name that you share with your ex-husband and start using your maiden name (whatever your last name was before you were married) again.
332412
Not that I'm aware of.  I know a couple of states are starting to allow a "court-less" name change back to madien in divorce cases, but it's not standard across states.  \n\nYou can't change your SS card until the state recognizes your new name.  One way to try is to goto the DMV and ask if you can go back to your maiden name, if they say yes they'll change it and then you can goto SS.  If they say you need a court document then you'll know you have to goto court.  This is the best (and free!) way to find out.
269695
It depends on the laws of your state.  Of course, if you want to change your name, you have to file a petition, pay the costs, run an ad in the newspaper so that anyone can contest the name change, and then you go to court.  During your hearing, the judge will put you under oath, ask you some questions about your name, ask you if you are trying to defraud anyone (including creditors), then he will approve your petition, if the judge finds your petition to be valid.  After that, you have to go through the process of notifying the Social Security Administration, getting a new driver's license, and notifying your creditors.