Legal Question in Family Law in Florida
I got a divorce in the State of Oregon. I never specified to the courts whether I wanted to change my name back to my maiden name and continued to use my married name. I then moved to Florida. I had to get a reissue of my social security card which was still in my maiden name and was told by the social security office that they needed my marriage certificate to change my card to my married name and that could not use my divorce papers. No name change was specified in the final decree either. So I decided that I would just change my ID to my maiden name and took my birth certificate and divorce papers to the DMV and they changed my ID from my married name to my maiden name. No I find out that this may not of been a legal action and wonder what I need to do to either make it legal or change back to my married name, but what about my SS card?
1 Answer from Attorneys
If you're good with just sticking with your married name, take your birth certificate and your divorce judgment (which doesn't change your name) to social security, and they'll fix it. If you want to go back to your maiden name, you'll have to file a name change petition in Florida, then take your name change judgment to social security.
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