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I’m Not Sure How The Process Works? Any Advice Welcome!

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Location: Dallas, Texas So me and my fiancé (D) have been engaged since May of last year. We have been together for a little over four years and hope to get married soon. The only roadblock we have is his last name.

He has his biological dad’s last name. His step dad has been his father since D was almost a year old. He’s been his dad for the past 22 years! When D was in high school, his step dad who stepped up for him, legally adopted him as his own. They did not get his last name changed because his biological father would have been contacted and his parents did not want to put D through that.

We live in Texas so the process might be different here than other states. We are not the richest and it is over $400 in total to go through the process of getting his last name changed before we get married. Does anyone know if it is possible to get married and both of us change our last name? (i’ve heard that it’s possible but I am not sure) Or would D have to get his last name changed first before we get married?

submitted by /u/One-Condition4761
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