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From: austern@ux5.lbl.gov (Matt Austern)
Newsgroups: soc.feminism
Subject: Re: Name Change on Marriage
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Date: 31 Jul 90 18:31:21 GMT
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An interesting piece of trivia: when my sister got married last year,
both she and her husband changed their names.  My sister just had to
say she wanted a name change when she got the marriage license, but my
brother in law had to file a formal petition in court, which involved
a fair amount of hassle and expense.

This is hardly a major issue, but it's just one of those many state
and federal laws that don't even pretend to be non-sexist.
-- 
Matthew Austern    austern@lbl.bitnet     It's not very subtle, but, uh, 
(415) 644-2618     austern@ux5.lbl.gov    neither is blowing up a whole school.