| 12 | 13 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1 |
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| 13 | 14 | | AN ACT TO ALLOW A WIDOW OR WIDOWER TO HYPHENATE PRE-MARRIAGE AND 2 |
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| 14 | 15 | | MARRIED SURNAMES. 3 |
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| 15 | 16 | | The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4 |
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| 16 | 17 | | SECTION 1. G.S. 101-8 reads as rewritten: 5 |
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| 17 | 18 | | "ยง 101-8. Resumption of name by widow or widower. 6 |
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| 18 | 19 | | A person at any time after the person is widowed may, upon application to the clerk of court 7 |
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| 19 | 20 | | of the county in which the person resides setting forth the person's intention to do so, resume the 8 |
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| 20 | 21 | | use of her maiden name or the name of a prior deceased husband or of a previously divorced 9 |
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| 21 | 22 | | husband in the case of a widow, or his premarriage surname in the case of a widower. change the 10 |
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| 22 | 23 | | person's name to his or her (i) pre-marriage surname, (ii) pre-marriage surname joined by a 11 |
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| 23 | 24 | | hyphen to the surname of the last spouse of the person, or (iii) the surname of a previously 12 |
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| 24 | 25 | | deceased or divorced spouse. The application shall set forth the full name of the last spouse of 13 |
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| 25 | 26 | | the applicant, shall include a copy of the spouse's death certificate, and shall be signed by the 14 |
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| 26 | 27 | | applicant in the applicant's full name. If the applicant seeks a name change to the surname of a 15 |
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| 27 | 28 | | previously divorced spouse who is still living, the applicant shall include an affidavit signed by 16 |
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| 28 | 29 | | the previously divorced spouse consenting to the applicant's name change. The clerks of court of 17 |
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| 29 | 30 | | the several counties of this State shall record and index such applications in the manner required 18 |
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| 30 | 31 | | by the Administrative Office of the Courts." 19 |
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| 31 | 32 | | SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law. 20 |
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