Where is that?
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Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 2 years ago
Name changing upon getting married was made illegal in 1981 around here, my girlfriend gets pissed when people make the mistake and use my family name to refer to her!
False@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 2 years ago
Quebec, makes things much simpler from a record keeping perspective
hakase@sh.itjust.works 2 years ago
Until you have kids, of course, when the parents must decide which name/combination of their names to give the child, and that combination is limited to only one hyphenation by law.
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 2 years ago
At least the mother can give her name
Varyk@sh.itjust.works 2 years ago
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 2 years ago
Illegal, or do you just have to go through the same process as any other name change?
Personally I ditched my problematic last name gladly, but my MIL kept hers
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 2 years ago
Illegal to do as part of the wedding process but if you want to do it just like anyone else can then no problem
deegeese@sopuli.xyz 2 years ago
What a weird way to take away people’s freedoms.
I didn’t even really want my wife to take my last name, but she insisted because she’s estranged from her parents.
I can’t imagine a bureaucrat telling her she can’t change her name because they know better than she does.
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 2 years ago
Yeah I don’t think women see it as a freedom issue as much as feeling obligated to change their name does.
deegeese@sopuli.xyz 2 years ago
I told her I didn’t think she should change her name. She told me she really wanted to.
You should have the right to tell her no?
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 2 years ago
She could have done it through the regular name changing process long anyone else (which involves fees and a lot of paperwork to make sure all records are updated everywhere).