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Another example of the state overstepping its bounds and sticking its nose where it doesn't belong. Marriage should not involve the state at all,it should be a legal contract between 2 or more consenting people.
Another example of the state overstepping its bounds and sticking its nose where it doesn't belong. Marriage should not involve the state at all,it should be a legal contract between 2 or more consenting people.
This statement makes no sense. If it's a legal contract, then it involves the state.
Although I don't agree with a man changing his surname after marriage, the government really should have no say in marriage and what they do. It shouldn't even be a legal contract.
Another example of the state overstepping its bounds and sticking its nose where it doesn't belong. Marriage should not involve the state at all,it should be a legal contract between 2 or more consenting people.
What? If you want to legally change your name or get a driver's license under a different name then it certainly is the state's business.
He got married and changed his name to his wife's I wouldn't do it but my wife had no problem when we got married and got a new DL and SS card,neither should any man that wants to do the same.
I have no idea what the law is here specifically so I can only generalize. My feeling is that a state should allow for one what they do for the other.
Only 9 states do: California, New York, Hawaii, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Oregon, Iowa, Georgia and North Dakota. This is one of the few examples where men are actually discriminated against under the law.
I remember a few years back (2007) when a man in California wanted to take his wife's last name upon marriage. For a women to change her last name when marrying, all she had do do was check a box on the marriage license form. For a man to change his last name when marrying, he had to file a petition with the state, pay a 300 dollar fee, place a notice in the local paper for something like a month, and then go before a judge and get the judge's permission to do so.
He and the ACLU sued California, and got the state to change its law.
In this case it may have been an attempt at fraud and hiding from his past. Lazaro Sopena is a Florida real estate developer who's name comes up in Google related to questionable condo developments and unhappy investors. http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards...ge_id=56061866
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