Pennsylvania Election to Resume Maiden Name

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Election to Resume Maiden Name

Pennsylvania Election to Resume Maiden Name is a law that allows women who are registered to vote in Pennsylvania to resume their maiden name when voting in elections. This law enables them to be listed on the voter rolls with either their married name or their maiden name. This provides them an alternative to changing their name legally on all of their legal documents, which can be costly and time-consuming. There are two types of Pennsylvania Election to Resume Maiden Name: (1) Election Day Resumption, which allows a woman to use her maiden name when voting in an election on Election Day, and (2) Permanent Resumption, which allows a woman to permanently resume her maiden name and use it on all voting documents and registrations.

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No. Both spouses are entitled to keep their married names after divorce. If you took your spouse's name, you may wish to reclaim your ?maiden name,? after divorce, but your spouse cannot force you to do this.

In general, the Pennsylvania process of resuming a maiden name or surname used during a prior marriage is controlled by the Pennsylvania Statute, Divorcing and Divorced Person May Resume Prior Name, 54 Pa. C.S.A. § 704.

There is a small fee for the forms and filing. The fee varies from $5.00 to $8.00. A name change is not so simple when an adult wishes to have his/her given name or surname changed for a reason other than divorce.

The easiest and most cost efficient manner to resume a maiden or former surname is to request the relief in your divorce pleadings since no additional cost or paperwork is required for the court to grant the relief for name change in its divorce decree.

To change a name after getting a divorce, first wait for the divorce decree to be handed down by a judge and then visit the Prothonotary office in your county and ask for a Notice (or Election) to Resume Maiden Name Form, or download one. Complete the form and sign it in front of a notary public.

To change a name after getting a divorce, first wait for the divorce decree to be handed down by a judge and then visit the Prothonotary office in your county and ask for a Notice (or Election) to Resume Maiden Name Form, or download one. Complete the form and sign it in front of a notary public.

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