Changing name - post wedding
Discussion
So this seems clear as mud based on searches I've done
Having just got married, we're wanting to double barrel our surnames.
Joe Bloggs and Joanne Smith become Joe and Joanne Bloggs-Smith
has anybody been through this before?
From what i can gather
1st - deed poll if required
2nd - passport should be done first
3rd - driving licenses (require passport to be updated first)
Bank accounts etc should be ok with taking in the marriage certificate so should be ok to just take the certificate in and do?
Having just got married, we're wanting to double barrel our surnames.
Joe Bloggs and Joanne Smith become Joe and Joanne Bloggs-Smith
has anybody been through this before?
From what i can gather
1st - deed poll if required
2nd - passport should be done first
3rd - driving licenses (require passport to be updated first)
Bank accounts etc should be ok with taking in the marriage certificate so should be ok to just take the certificate in and do?
The Deed Poll is the process to legally change your surname.
When you have it in your possession, take it a solicitor (acting as a commissioner of oaths) to certify some (photo)copies as true copies of the original. Ask for at least five.
Send those copies off by post to all the relevant organisations, Passport, DVLA, Insurance, Bank, investments, Council, Gym, etc.. as proof of the name change.
Although those organisation, should return the certified copy so you can send it on to some other organisation, don't relay on it, as there are idiots out there.
Does the question of timing render the entire thing pointless though? 
I suspect the objection to simply taking Joe Smith's surname is one of women as property, but to get the whole thing to go swimmingly, surely Joe would have to change his name to SMith-Bloggs first, so that the subsequent name changes for her will be using the marriage certificate, thus meaning she still took his name. I might be overthinking this 
I suspect the objection to simply taking Joe Smith's surname is one of women as property, but to get the whole thing to go swimmingly, surely Joe would have to change his name to SMith-Bloggs first, so that the subsequent name changes for her will be using the marriage certificate, thus meaning she still took his name. I might be overthinking this randlemarcus said:
Does the question of timing render the entire thing pointless though? I suspect the objection to simply taking Joe Smith's surname is one of women as property, but to get the whole thing to go swimmingly, surely Joe would have to change his name to SMith-Bloggs first, so that the subsequent name changes for her will be using the marriage certificate, thus meaning she still took his name. I might be overthinking this
The marriage cert is looked upon as the legal document for a bride to change her name to her husbands. I suspect the objection to simply taking Joe Smith's surname is one of women as property, but to get the whole thing to go swimmingly, surely Joe would have to change his name to SMith-Bloggs first, so that the subsequent name changes for her will be using the marriage certificate, thus meaning she still took his name. I might be overthinking this As you say, that Bride could avoid her own deed poll, if the husband had already legally changed his name prior to the ceremony.
Hol said:
The marriage cert is looked upon as the legal document for a bride to change her name to her husbands.
As you say, that Bride could avoid her own deed poll, if the husband had already legally changed his name prior to the ceremony.
There's nothing stopping both the bride and groom changing their surnames at the ceremony. As you say, that Bride could avoid her own deed poll, if the husband had already legally changed his name prior to the ceremony.
Lopey said:
Hol said:
The marriage cert is looked upon as the legal document for a bride to change her name to her husbands.
As you say, that Bride could avoid her own deed poll, if the husband had already legally changed his name prior to the ceremony.
There's nothing stopping both the bride and groom changing their surnames at the ceremony. As you say, that Bride could avoid her own deed poll, if the husband had already legally changed his name prior to the ceremony.
How does it work, in practice, as there isn't currently, a section in the UK marriage certificate, to record 'and both their new surnames are now XYZ'.
Or, do you mean that if the service was in a Registry Office, they could process the change of name in the same building?
Edited by Hol on Wednesday 12th August 13:30
Jimmy Recard said:
swampy442 said:
A question if I may, should the worst happen and Mr and Mrs Smith-Bloggs separate, do they both retain Smith-Bloggs, or return to Smith and Bloggs?
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