Name Change

My divorce was final 8/10/07 but I did not opt to change my name at the time of the filing. Now I would like to change my name back to my maiden name. How do I do that?

I would like to change my last name. I am married with one minor child whose name would remain the same. I would like to know what affect this would have on me legally.

My husband's ex-wife remarried and legally changed her name to her new husbands. They seperated and she started using my husband's last name again on the legal documents she was signing. The ex-wife is a closing agent for a title company and renewed her notary stamp with my husband's (her ex-husbands)last name. Looking at notary laws and her application she had to use her 'legal name' to fill it out which she did not. She was still married, and had not asked the court to grant her a name change, or changed any of her identification back to our last name. In December we bought her share of a business that she started with my husband where she signed all of the legal documents as her then married name and showed identification proving who she was. Again this did not match our name. I am a real estate broker and some realtors in our office have used her as their closing agent. On the deeds she notarizes the signature of the buyer with our last name, witnesses in her married name, and fills out the area where is says: This document is prepared by: using her maiden name. She recently got divorced and asked the court restore her maiden name, not my husband's name. She is still using her notary stamp in our married name and signing documents using three different names. Is this legal? Can any of these deeds be found Fraudulent? Can a person use different names on documents that require 'legal name use'?

After a divorce many years ago, instead of reverting to my maiden name, I completely dropped my surname and went by my first name only (by name change). I remarried a few years ago and also became a US citizen. At that time I adopted my husband's surname and my new passport reflected this, although I never changed my license and social security cards from the one name. Unfortunately, I am again divorced and I wish to have my passport and citizenship records the same as my SS card & D.L. My divorce was obtained in the UK , where my ex-husband lives. Is this a complicated & expensive process? Technically, I've lived & worked with one name for many years, with the exception of my passport.

I was a resident of the State of Ohio until 1992 when my husband was relocated on a project in the middle east. Therefore, I am currently a resident of the State of Qatar. My parents still reside in the state of Ohio where I spend my summer vacations with my children. I want to change my name back to my Father's name and in order to do that you need to prove residency in Ohio for a year. Is there a way I can change it immediately? I'm planning of buying a house or condo within the year, but I would like my name to be changed before doing that.