A Wife
Although the U.S. Census Bureau does not keep records on the extent to which married women are keeping their maiden names, more and more women are and the trend is increasing. Reasons include the delay of marriage, during which time a woman establishes a professional identity she does not want to lose, pride in one’s own family name, and an awareness of the high divorce rate and the desire to avoid having a name to remind you of a bad marriage it ends. Options include the woman (for example, Mary Smith getting married to Mark Smith), hyphenating her last name (Ms. Mary smith-Adams), or using her maiden name as her middle name. (Ms. Mary S. Adams) Whatever the decision, it is important to use the same name consistently and to make sure that the name you are using is registered with the Social Security Administration, and the Internal Revenue Service.
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