Legal Question in Family Law in Connecticut

Are you required to change your name after a divorce if it was requested and granted on the divorce decree or is it still optional ?


Asked on 7/06/16, 8:57 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

John Heffernan Heffernan Legal Group, LLP

You're not required to go to, say, Social Security or the DMV to formally change your name on the documents. As long as you're not trying to defraud someone or pretend to be someone else, you can keep using your married name.

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Answered on 7/07/16, 4:52 am


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