The Name Equality Act of 2007 (AB 102, Chapter 567, Statutes of 2007) gives specific rights to parties at the time they are applying for a California marriage license to choose and list on the marriage license the new name that each party will go by after marriage.
For more information, please download What You Should Know About the Name Equality Act of 2007 (PDF: 93 kB)
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