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2. Name change - Wikipedia

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   Name change is the legal act by a person of adopting a new name different from their current name. The procedures and ease of a name change vary between jurisdictions. In general, common law jurisdictions have looser procedures for a name change while civil law jurisdictions are more restrictive. While some civil law jurisdictions have loosened ...

3. Maiden and married names - Wikipedia

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   When a person (traditionally the wife in many cultures) assumes the family name of their spouse, in some countries that name replaces the person's previous surname, which in the case of the wife is called the maiden name ("birth name" is also used as a gender-neutral or masculine substitute for maiden name), whereas a married name is a family name or surname adopted upon marriage.

4. Rights and responsibilities of marriages in the United States

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   The first legally-recognized same-sex marriage occurred in Minneapolis, [3] Minnesota, in 1971. [4] On June 26, 2015, in the case of Obergefell v. Hodges, the Supreme Court overturned Baker v. Nelson and ruled that marriage is a fundamental right guaranteed to all citizens, and thus legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.

5. Naming in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Malia is Hawaiian, but sounds similar to top names like Amelia and Sophia. Names that fit current naming trends and have prestige attached to them fare especially well. The name Blair surfaced as a girl's name in the mid-1980s after being featured on The Facts of Life as the name of the wealthy character Blair Warner. Blair had previously been ...

6. Respect for Marriage Act - Wikipedia

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   Respect for Marriage Act; Long title: To repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage, and for other purposes. Acronyms (colloquial) RFMA: Enacted by: the 117th United States Congress: Effective: December 13, 2022: Number of co-sponsors: 189: Citations; Public law: Pub. L. 117–228 (text) Statutes at ...

7. Legislation to make it easier to change a person’s name ...

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   The Illinois General Assembly took up the state’s name change laws in 1993 and voted to require that people convicted of felonies wait two years after serving their sentences before becoming ...