Parent
Birth Names - Notice of Intended Marriage
by
Jennifer
Cram 11 February 2019 |
updated 1 September 2021
One of
the questions on the Notice of Intended Marriage is
about parent names both birth names and current names.
On the old version of the form, Maiden Name for the
mother was asked (literally maiden = virgin) is her name
as registered at birth (that is before she got married).
The assumption still being, of course, that on marriage
she would have changed her surname to your father’s
surname (family name).
The new forms recognise that all parents are not one
male and one female. So there are no heteronormative
gender expectations. Parent 1 and Parent 2. And up to
you to decide who goes first!
So what is required, for both parents is their FULL
current name (Given name, any middle names, Family
name), plus their full birth name.
You can download the Notice of Intended Marriage form
here