I was married in 1999. In 2000 I changed my name on my driver’s license only but never through the Social Security Administration. I am now divorced. Is my name legally still my maiden name or my married name?
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I was married in 1999. In 2000 I changed my name on my driver’s license only but never through the Social Security Administration. I am now divorced. Is my name legally still my maiden name or my married name?
I was married for 9 years and never changed my name through the Social Security
administration, only through DMV. Now that I am divorced I want to exclusively
use my maiden name but have been unable to get my name changed on my driver’s
license. Is my name still legally my maiden name or my married name? If my legal
name is my maiden name, how do I get the DMV to change it back?
Asked on March 26, 2016 under Family Law, Texas
Answers:
B.H.F., Member, Texas State Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 7 years ago | Contributor
It depends on your final decree of divorce. If your final decree granted you a name change, then your name is what ever the divorce decree says. If you did not obtain a name change via the decree, then you are stuck with the name on your driver's license until you file a petition for a name change because DPS will not change your name without a decree or other court order.
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