Petition women to have the legal right to revert to their birth surname following divorce

Women have to legally keep their ex-husband's surname unless they pay to change it back to their maiden name by deed poll.

This affects so many divorced women. Why should they still in law be known by their ex-husband's name?

This petition is closed This petition ran for 6 months

12 signatures

Progress of the petition towards its next target: 12 of 10,000 signatures required to get a government response

10,000 signatures required to get a government response

Date closed 14 June 2016
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