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Originally posted by Taualumna
It wasn't always like that....darn feminism. Anyway, at least you don't live in Quebec, where you can't change your last name at all.
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Why is that?
Suppose you just don't like your last name, and it's nothing to do with getting married - are you still stuck?
It was very easy for me to change the name on my passport - sent it in with my marriage certificate, and 6 weeks later it came back with a notation typed on the inside back cover that my name was now <full name with new surname>. The only problem is that I'm always having to tell ticket counter agents, gate agents, customs officers, etc. that my married name is in the back.
Seems to me Mr. Henneberger could just go off and do a legal name change independently of his marriage. He'll have to pay court fees and wait a while for the courts to do their thing, but if federal agencies won't recognize his same-sex marriage certificate, then he's kind of stuck.