How To Change Your Name Legally

How To Change Your Name Legally

Once you are husband and wife, you will want to change your name legally.What girl hasn't practiced writing her soon-to-be new name a hundred times before the wedding? Now it's time to make it official!

Changing your name legally can be a bit of a task. Fortunately, there is such a thing as a New Bride Name Change Kit to make your life much easier!

Traditionally, young brides take their husband's name after the wedding. Today however, that is not always the case. Many career oriented women choose to keep their own names while others look for ways to acknowledge their marriage while keeping their own identity.

If you are not certain that you want to relinquish your own name for that of your husband's, you do have choices.

You can simply keep your own name. If you are very well established professionally, for example, as a doctor or a newscaster, this may be the most preferrable option. You may be surprised to find your new husband a bit "hurt" by your unwillingness to take his name though - it happens.
You, Susan Lee, can hyphenate your name with your husband's to become "Mrs. Susan Lee-Parks". This method allows the world to know that you are married but still very much "Susan Lee".
You can add your husband's name to your own without the hyphen to become "Mrs. Susan Lee Parks". Personally, I like this option. You have taken your husband's name and united it with your own. Very symbolic - two become one!

Whichever method you choose, it's a good idea to discuss it with your new husband.

Once you have decided what name you will use, you need to know how to change it. I would like to recommend a site called KitBiz.com. This site has been around for a long time - since May of 1998. They have a wonderful "New Bride Name Change Kit" customized to your state. The kit walks you through everything you need to know and do to change your name legally. It couldn't be more simple!

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