From: utzoo!decvax!yale-com!leichter
Newsgroups: net.singles
Title: Re: What"s in a name?
Article-I.D.: yale-com.346
Posted: Wed Nov 17 12:27:40 1982
Received: Thu Nov 18 07:52:47 1982
References: eisx.442

RE:  Using a maiden name is illegal (but not prosecuted) in NJ.  "Legality"
is tricky here.  You can generally use any name you like, any time you like,
provided that it is not for fraudulent purposes.  If you ALWAYS used your
maiden name, about the only way you could get in trouble would be using it
in such a way as to hide your marriage - for example, if you hid your husband's
debts while trying to get a lone that you were both going to sign.

Lawyers tend to be super-cautious about this stuff; they ALWAYS warn you about
the worst that can happen (since they can get in trouble if they don't and the
worst then proceeds to happen).
							-- Jerry
Oops - no editor available - in the last line of the first paragraph, chage
\\\change "lone" to "lown" - or speculate on what the line means as it
stands.