California Governor Signs Name Equality Act

The governor of California on this day signed into law the Name Equality Act.

The law provided that “One or both parties to a marriage may elect to change the middle and/or last names by which that party wishes to be known after solemnization of the marriage.”

Additionally, “Each party to the marriage may adopt any of the followinglast names:

• The current last name of the other spouse.

•The last name of either spouse given at birth.

•A name combining into a single last name all or a segment of the current last name or the last name of either spouse given at birth.

•A combination of last names.”

Learn more about the California law here.

Follow the debate over whether you have a right to choose your own name at the age of majority.

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