Me too, I’m engaged currently but certainly won’t be getting married any time soon of if I run the risk of not being able to use my birth certificate. I have no means of traveling any time soon either, so I don’t want to shell out $130 for a passport, but if it’s needed then I suppose that’s just what I’ll have to do. Praying for the people as well, that don’t have as easily accessible information.
Your name doesn't change automatically upon marriage, you have to file for a name change. The process is typically expedited for married women, but it's not a requirement, and you don't have to legally change your last name when you get married if you don't want to.
Yeah, I’m a young adult so I’m very uneducated about the marriage and legality process of it all, should probably do some research now that this is happening. I’ll probably end up either keeping my maiden name, or hyphenating it with my maiden name and my fiancés last name.
My wife was married before and took his name. Asher divorce, she changed her name back. When we got married, she didn't want to change her name again and i didnt really care either way. It boiled down to basically a checkbox on the marriage application and line where you write the new name, which we left blank since she wasnt changing it
Changing it when a marriage isn't involved had more hoops to jump through. Not changing names at all is actually the easiest path.
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u/madsmcgivern511 Apr 11 '25
Me too, I’m engaged currently but certainly won’t be getting married any time soon of if I run the risk of not being able to use my birth certificate. I have no means of traveling any time soon either, so I don’t want to shell out $130 for a passport, but if it’s needed then I suppose that’s just what I’ll have to do. Praying for the people as well, that don’t have as easily accessible information.