{"id":2065,"date":"2020-12-21T17:10:14","date_gmt":"2020-12-21T16:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klodzinskikancelaria.pl\/?p=2065"},"modified":"2022-03-17T10:04:19","modified_gmt":"2022-03-17T10:04:19","slug":"zmiana-nazwiska-po-rozwodzie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klodzinskikancelaria.pl\/en\/changing-your-name-after-divorce\/","title":{"rendered":"Changing your surname after divorce"},"content":{"rendered":"

The basic aspect of obtaining a final divorce decree is the obvious change of marital status to "divorced". This marital status means two basic issues - firstly, we are no longer married, secondly, this change allows us to enter into a new marriage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nevertheless, some people, after their (sometimes difficult) experiences, before they start thinking about entering new relationships, first try to restore many things to their previous state. As we know, getting married is associated with, among other things, with a change of surname - in our culture, after marriage, women most often (although this is not a rule) decide to take their husband's surname, or add a second element to their maiden name in the form of their husband's surname.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We decide on a new surname before the wedding<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In practice, already at the time of "settling" pre-wedding formalities, people planning to get married are informed about the need to make a decision regarding their future surname or surnames (they can decide that each of them will keep their family name); at the same time, they must also determine what surname their children will have. This activity is not complicated, as it only requires them to submit an appropriate declaration.

Possible divorce<\/strong> It is often associated with the fact that a person who changed their surname when getting married wants to return to the surname they had before the wedding (i.e. their maiden or family name) after the divorce.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Deadline for changing your name after divorce<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The applicable law allows for this possibility, but under certain conditions. Namely, on time three months from the date the divorce decree becomes final <\/strong>a divorced spouse who, as a result of marriage, changed his or her previous surname may: statement <\/strong>complex before the head of the registry office or the consul <\/strong>(if he is outside the country) return to the surname he had before marriage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In relation to the above, the most important is defined by regulations the date within which it is possible to return to the surname used before marriage<\/strong> \u2013 three months from the date the divorce decree becomes final. During this period, without any major problems, it is possible for the spouse who has decided to return to his or her previous surname to go to the relevant commune office to submit a declaration of will to "return" to the previous surname to the head of the registry office. It is worth noting that this decision is solely the responsibility of the spouse who changed his surname upon entering into marriage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Can you force your ex-wife (ex-spouse) to change her surname?<\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

No you cant. As a rule, the regulations do not provide for a situation in which, as a result of a divorce decreed, such a request could be made by the other party (e.g. the husband towards his ex-wife bearing his surname). The courts also speak in this spirit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Documents to be prepared<\/font><\/font><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In order to complete the formalities, it is worth reading the information available on the website of the commune office appropriate for such a person (which includes the registry office as its organizational unit). Some offices provide information on the procedure for changing your name, including additional required documents, and sometimes they also present the entire course of this activity. As a rule, remember to prepare: <\/p>\n\n\n\n