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Divorcing and divorced person may resume prior name - 54 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 704

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     § 704.  Divorcing and divorced person may resume prior name.
        (a)  General rule.--Any person who is a party in a divorce
     action may, at any time prior to or subsequent to the entry of
     the divorce decree, resume any prior surname used by him or her
     by filing a written notice to such effect in the office of the
     prothonotary of the county in which the divorce action was filed
     or the decree of divorce was entered, showing the caption and
     docket number of the proceeding in divorce.
        (b)  Foreign decrees.--Where a divorced person has been the
     subject of a decree of divorce granted in a foreign
     jurisdiction, a certified copy of such foreign divorce decree
     may be filed with the prothonotary of the county where the
     person resides and, thereafter, the notice specified in
     subsection (a) may be filed with reference to such decree.
     (Nov. 22, 2000, P.L.689, No.92, eff. 60 days; July 5, 2005,
     P.L.54, No.18, eff. 60 days)

        Cross References.  Section 704 is referred to in section 702
     of this title.

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