Surname after divorce

[Sugarpie1]

Hiya, this a general question about divorce and surnames. I got a diy divorce, specifically my then husband did all the paper work and just got me to sign on the dotted line. Fine. Got the decree absolute and put it away. This was over 16 years ago. I was using his surname and on the absolute it had my maiden name on it which I was planning to revert back to, but this in the end took me a few years to come round to do - I admit that it was a combination of dreading doing all the paperwork, the costs, probably a lot of denial. My question how long did it take you to revert back to using your maiden name after your divorce?

Well, mine died before the divorce could be completed. But I was not going to go back to my maiden name. It's my DDs' name. It's foreign and so people spell and pronounce it wrong all the time. And it goes with my first name, so I'm keeping it.

First marriage, immediately, didn't even wait for the divorce papers but just went back to using it. Made a deed poll certificate so I could change it on documents straight away.

Second marriage, I kept it, because me and DS have the same surname now, and I don't want to have a different surname to him. I also prefer the surname, so meh, I'm keeping it 😂

Didn't

Personally I went back to my maiden name straight away, but my mum has been divorced for 10 + years and still uses her married name as she wanted the same name as her children