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New York-Upstate
Ravenclaw79
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Changing my middle name?
I was looking at a copy of the state marriage license form, and I noticed that it doesn't provided a space for a new middle name, just "first/middle/maiden" and then "new surname." But I really, really want to change my middle name, too, while I'm at it, 'cause I've always hated my middle name.
It says in the state law that "Every person has the right to adopt any name by which he or she wishes to be known simply by using that name consistently and without intent to defraud." So does that mean that I could just put "first/newmiddle/maiden" on that top line, and that would document the change I want? I'm worried about the DMV giving me trouble about the new middle name if it's not documented on the marriage license.
It says in the state law that "Every person has the right to adopt any name by which he or she wishes to be known simply by using that name consistently and without intent to defraud." So does that mean that I could just put "first/newmiddle/maiden" on that top line, and that would document the change I want? I'm worried about the DMV giving me trouble about the new middle name if it's not documented on the marriage license.
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Re: Changing my middle name?
Now, so when I get married, I can use the license for proof of my new name and it'll have my new middle name on it? (But if I change my middle name now, do I have to change all of my documentation twice? Or is it alright if my legal name doesn't match my documents for a period of months?)
Or later, after the wedding, meaning that the whole documentation-change process will be delayed, I'll have the old name on the marriage license and I won't be able to use the license to change my documentation?