for married girls - name change timeframe

kassie411 · June 2010

How long before you got everything completed before you legally changed your name?

blondie424 · June 2010

Our marriage license was waiting in the mailbox when we got home from our HM, so I started that next Monday. After my new SS (1 week) and driver's license (3 weeks) arrived, I was able to change everything else. My bank stuff I had to go in but everything else was over the phone or faxing letters with a copy of marriage license. It's been almost 2 months now...it was probably a week ago that everything was finally updated.

I do still have my townhouse/mortgage stuff to change...not sure if I will though. I've been renting it the last year and will sell when my tenant gives me his notice. Not sure it's worth the effort at this point.

MichellePete · June 2010

LOL 1 year. Most everything was changed right away with the exception of the new SS card. Most things I could do by simply showing the marriage license to the business/bank, etc. Work refused to change my name until the new SS card was presented. After a few months, DH started giving me tons of crap for not following through. I ended up taking an afternoon off about 9 months into being married to do the SS change and then had my name changed at work a few weeks later when the card came.

wittyschaffy · June 2010

I did mine right away so I wouldn't get confused. I still have one Credit Card I rarely use that is in my old name. I never changed my car title or house stuff though after talking to my bank and realtor. Both would be fine if, when I sold them, just presented my new ID and marriage license as proof of identity. It was going to cost a lot to re-file those particular documents and it wasn't worth the hassle or cost to me.

hkiesling · June 2010

Still working on it! Most of it was done within two months, but little things still keep popping up.

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