• Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Isn’t listing your former legal names kind of common for just about anything government related? If she got married and took her spouse’s last name she’s be in the same boat. No?

    Also, is there no way to rectify a stupid clerical error?

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      11 months ago

      Changing names for marriage is actually excluded from the law, but your point still stands. Listing recent alternate names/aliases is extremely common

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      11 months ago

      Your previous legal person sort of stops existing and a new legal person walks away. You’re obviously still responsible for everything but it may not be so easy ten years later for people to ever put the two together. If you had bad credit you may find that you suddenly have a clean slate.