Surname of wife on marriage certificate
shakti ranjan rath
(Querist) 19 September 2017
This query is : Resolved
Dear Experts, my friend from Odisha got married in 2012. But his marriage is not Registered yet. Using a notarized affidavit for name change after marriage, his wife already has married surname in her pan card, bank accounts and birth certificate of their daughter. Now they want to register their marriage under Hindu marriage act and using the marriage certificate want to change wife's surname in all other documents including aadhar and passport. Questions are 1. Which name of wife should be there in marriage certificate: married or maiden. I see both approaches being followed. 2. Which of the above approaches is better?? To have married surname or maiden name if she wants to adopt her husbands surname in all her records and buy joint properties and be nominees in her husbands investments?? 3. What process needs to be followed to have married surname of wife in marriage certificate?? A joint marriage affidavit with name change causes suffices?? 4. If wife retains her maiden name in marriage certificate, can she use it to change her surname in aadhar, passport, and other such future records??
Isaac Gabriel
(Expert) 19 September 2017
Better add the name of husband with wife's and issue gazatte notification which will suffice for all the records.
shakti ranjan rath
(Querist) 19 September 2017
Thanks for the response. But What about the marriage certificate. Should she have maiden surname or surname of husband in the marriage certificate??
kavksatyanarayana
(Expert) 19 September 2017
Hindu marriage will be registered only after marriage solmnized. so add the husband surname in application. then the registrar issue certificacte as you mentioned.
