Do you have to change your surname once you divorce

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I would prefer to keep mine as I like having the same name as my chilren. Do you just refer to yourself as Miss or MS?

Do you have to get your passport and other ID changed.

nope, entirely up to you
my mum changed hers to Ms. and kept my dads name until she remarried.

pissed me off, but then that was cos she walked out on 4 of us at the same time!

no, you dont have to change your surname..its entirely up to you

No, it's your choice as to whether you keep it or revert to your 'maiden' (ugh) name.

I don't refer to myself as Miss, Ms or Mrs. My name is Firstname Surname - no need for a title

I have been divorced 4 yrs and I still have same surname for same reason as yourself. I think legally you are still your married name unless you change it, I think anyway. I have not changed any documents. I still dont know if Im a miss or ms four years on, but sometimes still a mrs as that is what is on my bank account and any new direct debits has to have the same name as your bank details

No.

I've kept my ex-h's surname as we married when I was a student and once I was qualified we separated after about 18months. Lots of people didn't really realise that I was married so professionally it was a lot easier to keep the name I was known by as if I'd changed it I would have had to explain personal stuff to people I ddidn't really know that well.

Now if I marry dp it will be tricky. He will want me to change my name to his, both personally and professionally. If I hadn't ever been married before I think that I would have waqnted to keep my original birthname, professionaly at least. Neither of us would want to be married and me to still be using ex-h's surname, would feel very odd.

I am keeping exh's name (same as kids and I don't have to speel it out), but tending to use MS or MISS when filling out new things, can't be arsed changing things already in place.

I've kept my married name so I'm the same as dc and because it is a lot nicer than my maiden name.

You can change it any time you want, if that is what you want, you don't have to wait until you are officially divorced, you can just do it by deed poll. I was going to but haven't. Our divorce will be through by Feb approx, will probably refer to myself as Ms after that, but, like Scramble, won't go to hassle of changing Mrs with the bank etc.

I'm keeping my married name too. I want to have the same surname as the kids.

Been divorced 7 years, I still kept exh's name. It prevents the kids being put into difficult situs as to why we have diff names etc.

I am now, however a MS. I am not a MRS, I am not married lol

As long as it is not for fraudulent purposes you can use either! My bank etc is in my maiden name - but schools and places that involve kids I use my ex's name.

My Mum divorced my Dad 18 years ago after 18 years of Marriage and she's still known as her married name. Up to you x

I changed my name back to my maiden name when I divorced and registered DD under that name too as ex-h has no contact with DD and it will be easier to change her surname if I were to re-marry. I was told that if I put her down as his surname then it would be pretty impossible to change later on.

No, up to you.

Friend divorced a few years back but she has retained her married name as she prefers to have the same name as er child.