[Busman747]

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Originally Posted by katex
.. the relationship crashed and she is now stuck with his name ..
Originally posted by Margaret@Rothwell5
It is (or was) quite cheap to use deed poll. I paid £25 to a solicitor to get rid of my last husband's name. Not that it was 'foreign' (english dad/ Italian mother) but just needed to distance myself from him in all respects.



No one should be stuck with a name that they choose not to have - - and it doesn't cost a bean to change it.


I had previously brought up a daughter that has a "real" father and carries a different surname to myself. Schools would not recognise me as being a guardian because of this difference which made communication with the schools and other institutions difficult at times.

When I married Willow, her two daughters were still recovering (if thats the right word) from the death of their father. Willow and I decided to combine our surnames for a variety of reasons.

Firstly, that Emzie and Mimi (accyweb members) did not feel alienated with their mother taking up my surname - - and secondly, that schools and other organisations recognised the similarity of surnames despite the parents having a double-barrelled name (dead posh, what!)

Everyone is used to the "bride" changing their name after marriage, but boy, did we have fun with the changing of MY name!

We didn't pay a solicitor, simply started at the easy bit, changing my name at work, then credit cards, bank accounts, finally tax and insurance contributions. (not forgetting dentist, doctor, car registration bla bla bla) The end result is that I am now known as "Willow-Busman" instead of "Busman."

But seriously, if anyone is contemplating changing their name, deed polls are unnecessary, just call yourself that name, change everything from the smallest things upwards AND YOU WILL BE RECOGNISED BY THE GOVERNMENT!!

(I now have a passport in my new name)