(Newswire.net — June 18, 2021) — When filing for divorce your primary wish is to get yourself separated from everything that is connected with your unhappy marriage. You move house, change hairstyle, choose a different routine and revert to your maiden name. This gives a woman a sense of independence, integrity and inspires for a fresh start. Your maiden name is your heritage, anchor to reality, and a virtue inaccessible to your ex. So, when you revert to your maiden name you get not only final physical independence from your ex-spouse, but take a step forward and get mentally prepared for a new better life without him.
It is strongly advised to revert to your maiden name in the process of divorce. This will get you the desired result faster and with less red tape. Although if you are not ready with the decision during the divorce procedure, you can change back to your birth name or any other name, afterwards, but dealing with a different process. Overall, you should change your name when you are ready for it, not regarding the circumstances and conditions. Head to your independence with confidence.
Change to Your Maiden Name During Divorce
The fastest and most comfortable way to revert to your maiden name is in the process of divorce. If you have already decided in favor of getting your maiden name back, get it done along with other legal divorce documents.
Having a desire to revert to your birth name during the divorce, you are to ask your divorce attorney to prepare the appropriate document. If you proceed without a divorce lawyer and use online divorce services, you can ask the online support team to help you fit it or look through the petition and find a place to enquire for reverting to your maiden name on your own. After all, you will get it approved and legalized in the final decree. If the approval of reverting to your maiden name is not on your final decree, but you are sure in a court having decided in favor of it, you may ask the court’s office for an additional document stating the change of your last name.
Change to Your Maiden Name After Divorce
It often happens that being busy with multiple arrangements during the divorce process and overwhelmed with red tape, you simply forget about a little but such a significant detail – your name. Reverting to your maiden name is like washing your face from dirt from the past and unhappy relationships, but there is no reason to get disappointed because you haven’t get it done during the divorce process. The post-divorce procedure takes more time but is quite a simple one:
- prove the fact that you are divorced – get your Marriage Certificate and Final Decree;
- file the request for a name change;
- get the resolution and use your maiden name.
mind the fact that the process of a name change varies from state to state. Some states allow you to use your birth name straight after the divorce without any official procedure. But keep your birth certificate at hand so that you can prove your right to use your birth name. If you want to change your last name to a completely new name, you are to go through a different procedure. Anyway, you’d better consult specialists or get divorce help online to clear out the question.
Update Your Documents
Once you get your name reverted to your maiden one, you are to update all your personal documentation to avoid ambiguous situations.
Use final decree, court order, or any other appropriate document to prove your change to a maiden name, when applying for an update of your documents. Among the most important documents to update are your driver’s license, personal identification, passports and visas, bank accounts and agreements, personal property documents, insurance and pension funds, and many more. If you find it difficult to organize everything on your own, you can continue cooperation with your attorney or get any other online or offline help to support you.
Reverting to your maiden name after divorce is said to have a positive effect on your physical and mental health. It states your complete independence and readiness to a separate and happy life without your past. Put in some efforts, make the right decision and get an afresh confident start to your post-divorce life.