Tag Archive: married name

Sticking with Mrs after divorce

Julia has been divorced for nine years now and along with having child custody issues to contend with, she still wonders about changing her name. At the time of the divorce, she decided to keep her married name. Now she’s not so sure. Here’s Julia:   I stuck with Mrs. for three or four years…

Changing your child’s name after divorce

Continuing in my series on name changes after divorce, let’s talk about children. Louise at first decided she would keep her married name but two years after her divorce she decided to go back to her maiden name. Her seventh-grade daughter has also decided to change her name while her high-school freshman son wants to…

Changing your mind about your name

I’m in the middle of a series on changing or keeping your name after divorce and today, here’s a story from Louise who at first, like Mary Wright decided on keeping her married name and then changed her mind to go back to her maiden name. *** When we told the kids about our divorce,…