accounts in different names

[RebeccaWithTheGoodHair]

I just posted this in relationships but realised someone here might already have done this and be able to advise ...

My husband has left after 20 years of marriage, a lot of our stuff is tangled up so we're going to have to work together to sort it all out.

My question is that I have always worked in my own name so that account is called Ms R Goodhair, whereas our joint account is Ms R Marriedname. I have to continue my own account as that is where I get paid but I guess legally my name is my married name.

I'm not sure I want to change it because it's DD's name as well and she would prefer us to be called the same.

I have applied for a credit card using the details from the joint account (as I can't actually prove my identity from my own account).

Do you think I should open up a new current account in my married name so I don't have any future problems with mixed identity?

I realised the problem when they asked me for ID to approve the credit card using my own account and I realised that everything official uses my married name.

Will you be keeping your married name after the divorce? If not then I wouldn't open an account in your married name. You don't legally have to take your husband's name anyway. If you are going back to your maiden name then I would change the name on the joint account instead

If you are keeping the married name to be the same as your dd then maybe change everything to that instead

thanks dementedpixie