Traditionally, the bride changes her last name to her husband's last name.

     An alternative to this is for the bride to continue to use her maiden name, or hyphen-ate her married name with her husband's last name (look out for those government forms when trying to write out Gendreau-Moynihan).

     Another alternative to this is to create a new surname, sometimes by combining parts of each person's last name (example: "Line" marrying "Backus" could become "Backline" - OK, that's silly) for both the Bride and Groom to use.

Where may a name change be required???

- Bank accounts (savings/checking/IRA/safety deposit box/etc.)
- Bills Business cards & stationary
- Car registration
- Club memberships
- Computer records & directories
- Credit cards
- Driver's license
- Employee records Insurance (Life/auto/property titles/leases)
- Loans
- Marriage license
- Medical records (doctor/dentist/etc.)
- Passport
- Pensions/401(k)/403(b)
- Post office
- Property titles/leases
- School records (high school/college/etc.)
- Social security
- Stocks & bonds
- Subscriptions (newspapers/magazines/etc.)
- Taxes
- Utilities (phone/electricity/water/cable/etc.)
- Voter registration
- Wills & trusts

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