Tip: Check for correct married name
Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 6:01 pm
Experienced clerks will probably already know this, but I still find myself bitten by this.
When a sister's marriage is processed in MLS (either by the temple if it occurred there or by the ward if it occurred outside the temple), MLS will by default drop the maiden name and change the sister's new legal name to:
Husband's Surname, Sister's_First Sister's_Middle
The maiden name is dropped.
For example, Molly Eve Mormon, marrying Peter Priesthood, becomes Molly Eve Priesthood by default, even if her intent was to become Molly Mormon Priesthood (or to remain Molly Eve Mormon, even.)
MLS will prompt you to allow CHQ to change the name and not do it yourself.
So when the record comes back, you may have to go back and change the legal name if it doesn't match the sister's intended legal name.
I think in the last couple of years, I've run across 10-12 sisters who complained that their legal married name on a record wasn't correct. Including, as we found, my own wife (who had dropped her middle name legally and was using her maiden name as a legal middle name). Bottom line: Check to make sure it's correct. Don't assume the defaults will be correct.
Tithing settlement is a good time to allow people to check that their name is correct.
When a sister's marriage is processed in MLS (either by the temple if it occurred there or by the ward if it occurred outside the temple), MLS will by default drop the maiden name and change the sister's new legal name to:
Husband's Surname, Sister's_First Sister's_Middle
The maiden name is dropped.
For example, Molly Eve Mormon, marrying Peter Priesthood, becomes Molly Eve Priesthood by default, even if her intent was to become Molly Mormon Priesthood (or to remain Molly Eve Mormon, even.)
MLS will prompt you to allow CHQ to change the name and not do it yourself.
So when the record comes back, you may have to go back and change the legal name if it doesn't match the sister's intended legal name.
I think in the last couple of years, I've run across 10-12 sisters who complained that their legal married name on a record wasn't correct. Including, as we found, my own wife (who had dropped her middle name legally and was using her maiden name as a legal middle name). Bottom line: Check to make sure it's correct. Don't assume the defaults will be correct.
Tithing settlement is a good time to allow people to check that their name is correct.