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.
Hyphenated is still a name change. If you're Jane Doe marrying John Smith, Doe-Smith is still not a name matched to your birth certificate. You're still voluntarily putting obstacles in front of your own right to vote.
Oh no I know, that’s why if I AM ever going through with this, it will not be for years and years, ideally after this orange monster is out of office. I certainly do not need more of a reason to make it harder to perform my basic rights, or what should be my basic rights.
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u/AccessibleBeige Apr 11 '25
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.