How canI go about changing to my husband’s last name if I did not do so when we got married?
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How canI go about changing to my husband’s last name if I did not do so when we got married?
I got married 2 1/2 years ago and just hyphenated my last name with my husband’s. I would like to change it to my husband’s last name only and eliminate my own. I still have not filed my name change with social security.
Asked on January 24, 2012 under Family Law, Colorado
Answers:
Kelly Broadbent / Broadbent & Taylor
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
If you elected to change your name on your marriage certificate but just never filed the paperwork with social security, you should be able to take a copy of that marriage certificate to social security and they would enter the name change.
If you did not elect to do so on your marriage certificate, you would have to file a petition to change your name in the county Probate and Family Court. Once that is allowed, you would need to take the paperwork to social security for the name change.
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