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on 7/16/2007 In England and Wales women are NOT obligated to take a husband's surname on marriage. They do so from custom only and are perfectly free to continue using their own name if they so wish. If they do take a husband's surname and subsequently divorce, they are not obliged to carry out any additional procedure to change their surname. The decree absolute is sufficient evidence if they wish to revert to their maiden name, however for simplicity's sake, many divorcing women in the UK do effect a Change of Name Deed, a simple, one page document relinquishing the old name and requiring and authorising all persons to address them by their new name. Having this document makes it easier to get a new passport, driving licence etc. By the way, sorry but in this context it's "reign", not "rein".
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