Changing Name

[Akanonymous]

My ex husband gave me a Mexican Divorce on December 23, 2002. Whee, Merry Christmas to me. Forward to 2014 and I would like to take back my maiden name. What is the process to do this? I have my birthcertificate and my marriage certificate and a copy of my divorce.

Thanks,
Ro

 

[Proserpina]

Take your divorce decree and the rest of it down to the SS office and file the (free) paperwork there to get that started, then when you do that take your new SS card down with all the rest of it to the DMV and get your new ID.

This shouldn't be complicated at all.

 

[army judge]

My ex husband gave me a Mexican Divorce on December 23, 2002. Whee, Merry Christmas to me. Forward to 2014 and I would like to take back my maiden name. What is the process to do this? I have my birthcertificate and my marriage certificate and a copy of my divorce.

Thanks,
Ro

You might to have the document serviced by a translation and/or apostille service.

Document requirements for one country aren't always the same for another. Their validity can be local to a certain region and differ from country to country. Sometimes records can be required or needed in another country but with so many different standards in effect, the need for a unified document was the key. In 1961 The Hague Conference on Private International Law established the Apostille. Apostille is an authentication certification, a stamp. It is designed for use among nations that participate in the Hague Convention. These joint regions are called signatory countries as formed by the Hague Conference on Private International Law.

Apostille only pertains to public documents. Primary examples of public instruments are marriage, birth and death certificates as well as court documents, patents and even diplomas.

The United States of America has been part of the Hague Convention since October of 1981. Apostille, coming from the French and meaning certificate, is a uniformly condensed and simplified mutually agreed upon document usable and accepted by these convention nations. Apostille seal proves validity and original signature source.



http://www.apostille.us/documents/apostille.shtml