If your divorce can you still use the surname of your husband?

Carlotta

Multiple questions.
1. All states permit the wife to continue using the husband's surname. It was probably decreed as part of the divorce order. If someone wants to petition the court they can call themselves anything they want.
2. She cannot use his credit for her own. He should inform all the credit reporting bureaus of this behavior and he should monitor his credit report to see if any credit lines have been issued against his socialsecurity number,
3. If they had a house in joint name she probably is owed a share of it unless the court decree stated otherwise. The divorce documents are the source for all information since they would have dealt with the allocation of all marital property.

wazwondring

Your husband's ex can still use his last name. She has been known by that name for some time, it is her identity. She could choose to change her name if she desires, but that is up to her.

koolkatt

She can still use his surname but she can have no claim to anything in his life now they are divorced.

skunk masta

Yeah, call yourself anyone you like, as long its not to do anything illegal!!!!

paula p

I still use my married name for the sake of my children who have his name, my husband has been married twice since my divorce so it makes no difference, Ive been divorced for 15 years now and my name is not Mrs its Ms.

Hopalong

Your husbands ex wife can still use his surname because it's now her surname. When couples get divorced there is nothing to stop the woman keeping her married name. It depends on the womans wishes. It's a lot of hassle changing your name, so most divorced women keep it. The matter of assets is a different thing. Once divorced the ex has no say and no rights. The divorce courts settle what the wife gets and then that's the end of.

beckywecky

I have been divorced twice and I use my first ex husbands name. As far as I understand you can use any name you want to. If your husband was divorced it should have been sorted out about the properties in the divorce settlement. She has no claim to anything from after the divorce, so I wouldn't worry about that too much. But if in doubt ask your solicitor/lawyer/attorney , depending were you are lol.

Kesley

she is perfectly entitled to carry on using his name, when you marry, you marry into the family and so you may take their name. once you have registered your new name you have to re-register if you want to change it.
changing your name to your husbands is optional when marrying and is actually a seperate thing but can be done at the same time.

Scottish lass

yes she can still use his surname and just because she still has that name does not mean she has anything to do with his property unless she has legal documents stating otherwise

fr_chuck

No, it is the womens choice to use the old married last name or not. Actually most women at least in years past keep thier married name

It is perfectly legal for them to do it,

So no he can not nothing about it. The divorce does not take away her married last name, it just makes them not married any longer

Yes an ex-wife can keep her husband's name if she legally changed it during their marriage. The divorce itself would be the legal process that would spell out her rights or ex-rights as far as properties go. If your husband does not want her to continue using his family name, he might ask her if she would consider changing back to her own name but she does not have to.

Sir J

Not in the United States he cannot. His former wife is legally entitled to use the name because it was legally her name.

The only possible objection is if she is using the name in commerce and it would infringe on his trademarks.

If she is engaged in illegal activity there is a loophole in some states to have a judge rule that she has to use her maiden name if her activity impugns the character of the former family. But that is rare.

The Reverend Soleil

She can call herself anything she likes, and there's not much your husband can do about it. I think you may need to rewrite your second question; it doesn't seem to make any sense.

If their having the same name is causing problems, your husband COULD always take on YOUR last name, y'know....I did that when I remarried!

jenn03

i don't think you can do anything but why would she want to still use his name. she should be the bigger person and let go..

SomeoneYouKnow

I'm divorced and my ex-wife still has my last name but it is for the sake of my daughter and nothing more.

Anyways, yes. An ex spouse can use the surname if they desire to after divorce.

boo

she can use his name as long as she wishes.

SundaeG1rl

Yeah, my mum's still using her married name and she's been divorced for well over 15 years.

Zelda

Sorry, but no. If he wanted it to be a condition of the divorce, it should have been put into the divorce decree.

'Dr Greene'

Yes she can.

If he had issues with her doing so he should have insisted she drop using it as part of the settlement. It can be done!

judy_r8

she has to legally change hrname back if she wants to stop using his sir-name. And no, just because she has the same last name, doesn't mean she has any rights to his property. If she comes to your house unannounced, and unwanted, call the cops and have hercharged with tresspass

J.J.

yes!!!!!!!

mags

I've seen lots of divorced women keep their ex-husband's surnames. It's usually when there are children involved, but she has every right to use it, even if there are no children.

The frustrating thing about marriage is that even after a divorce, you are always connected to your ex. Someone I know is going through a divorce right now and she was told by her lawyer that even 20 years from now, if her husband has not remarried and he becomes destitute, he could, legally, go after her for support.

Of course, a pre-nup would take away most of your problems.

kit

Yes.
The reason being is that people probobly didn't like their first last name and opted to stick with the other one.

justme

Yes.

xx_connor_uk_xx

Sure she can use it

filmwatcher59

I don't work in law but was under the impression that in the UK you could still call yourself for example Mrs Alison Smith, but not Mrs John Smith. However it beats me how a married woman would want to give up her identity and use her husband's surname, let alone a divorced lady.

surfer grl

Yep she can keep that last name as long as she wants. As for the second question? I really cant understand what you were saying. Just rephrase it and i will answer that question as well.

~ steph j ~ The Shepherdess

you can call yourself whatever you want

C B

She can use his name.

EPnTX

She would have to go to a lot of expense and trouble to change her last name back to her maiden name. If they had children she may want to have the same last name as her children as well. What is the big deal?

WhyAskWhy

Yes, a person is still allowed to use their spouses surname if they so choose or do not specifically request to have it removed during the divorce.

My husband's ex-wife still has his last name. My SIL still has her ex-husband's last name. My aunt still has her ex-husband's last name....etc. etc. etc.

Lisa

My husbands ex-wife who remarried and is now getting a divorce is changing her name back to my husbands last name. They have been divorced for 20 years and she was married to her second husband for 17 years. The two kids are grown and married. Is this legal or is there any legal paperwork he can get done to stop this action???

loriasselin

This is more of a question....my husband's ex-wife still has his name legally but on EVERYTHING she uses her maiden name. Work paychecks, bank accounts, car loans, credit cards, everything. The only thing that doesn't have her maiden name on them are her driver's license and social security card. They both still have my husband's last name. Is there something we can do to force her to pick one and live with it. She even started hyphenating her last name last year and has now started using just her maiden name but has not legally changed it. Any thoughts?????

karen

can a woman who has been divorced twice just choose to use her first husbands name just because she wants to. .He has since beeen married and would like her not to use his name.she has the other mans name at this point, but she wants to change back to his. What can he do? They have been divorced seven or eight years.

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