Name change

[Its Me Again 7]

My wife was divorced and she kept using her ex husband last name. 

She has this name on all the documents we are going to submit.

The only document that still has her old name is her birth certificate. 

We don’t know what to put in the section where it asks for other names that have been used.

Also do we need a proof of name change? And if we do what would it be? Because she didn’t change her name through a court. She changed it through a social security office.

Thanks!

[Mike E 11,739]

 

44 minutes ago, Psychokarken said:

We don’t know what to put in the section where it asks for other names that have been used.

Her birth name.

 

44 minutes ago, Psychokarken said:

Also do we need a proof of name change?

yes

44 minutes ago, Psychokarken said:

 

 

And if we do what would it be? 

Her marriage certificate to her ex spouse.

Edited July 23, 2023 by Mike E

[Its Me Again 7]

50 minutes ago, Mike E said:

 

Her birth name.

 

yes

Her marriage certificate to her ex spouse.

That’s what I figured too. But she said she doesn’t have that marriage certificate anymore and there’s no way to get a new one

[Redro 4,611]

22 minutes ago, Psychokarken said:

That’s what I figured too. But she said she doesn’t have that marriage certificate anymore and there’s no way to get a new one

which country did she get married in? 
 

Does she have her divorce paperwork? 

Edited July 23, 2023 by Redro

[Its Me Again 7]

10 minutes ago, Redro said:

which country did she get married in? 
 

Does she have her divorce paperwork? 

In the US.

yes she does

[Redro 4,611]

1 minute ago, Psychokarken said:

In the US.

yes she does

Which state/county did she get married in? 

When did she get married? We can double check to see if it is impossible to get the marriage certificate... 

She should be able to go to the county webpage and request copies of her marriage certificate. 

 

Edited July 23, 2023 by Redro

[Mike E 11,739]

6 minutes ago, Psychokarken said:

In the US.

What year did she get married?

[Its Me Again 7]

3 minutes ago, Mike E said:

What year did she get married?

 

3 minutes ago, Mike E said:

What year did she get married?

2011

[JeanneAdil 6,491]

7 minutes ago, Psychokarken said:

 

2011

Giving u examles

• Marriage records: 1847–1949 (all boroughs, but beginning earlier for Manhattan) then the state of NY starting keeping them in Albany
• Many USC's are looking up ancestry records to learn about grandparents,  great grandparents 
• a marriage record from 2011 would be easy to do just look into state info to find out if the state or county keeps the info and pay a small fee to get the record of marriage
• she knows where she was married   /she can get this info

[Redro 4,611]

35 minutes ago, Psychokarken said:

 

2011

State and County? 

[Its Me Again 7]

1 minute ago, Redro said:

State and County? 

Thank you so much everyone! I just looked it up and found it! I’m gonna tell her to request a copy.

last question, we don’t need anything else to proof her name change? The old marriage certificate should be enough?

[Redro 4,611]

2 minutes ago, Psychokarken said:

Thank you so much everyone! I just looked it up and found it! I’m gonna tell her to request a copy.

last question, we don’t need anything else to proof her name change? The old marriage certificate should be enough?

Correct! Marriage certificate is proof of name change! 

Just now, Redro said:

Correct! Marriage certificate is proof of name change! 

And then if she changed her name after divorce… divorce paperwork would be proof of name change! 

[Its Me Again 7]

3 minutes ago, Redro said:

Correct! Marriage certificate is proof of name change! 

Oh gotcha! Thank you!

[Mike E 11,739]

1 hour ago, Psychokarken said:

 

2011

Vitalchek.com likely has it.

 

I used that service to retrieve a marriage certificate from 1985.

 

 

[Its Me Again 7]

3 hours ago, Mike E said:

Vitalchek.com likely has it.

 

I used that service to retrieve a marriage certificate from 1985.

 

 

 

3 hours ago, Mike E said:

Vitalchek.com likely has it.

 

I used that service to retrieve a marriage certificate from 1985.

 

 

Thank you we got it through it too!