NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

CHAPTER 768

SENATE BILL 787

AN ACT TO ALLOW A WIDOW TO RESUME HER MAIDEN NAME OR THE NAME OF A FORMER HUSBAND.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  A new section is added to Chapter 101 of the General Statutes to read:

"§ 101-8.  Resumption of name by widow. — A woman at any time after she is widowed, may resume the use of her maiden name or the name of a prior deceased husband or of a previously divorced husband upon application to the clerk of superior court of the county in which she resides, setting forth her intention to do so. The application shall set forth the full name of the last husband of the applicant, shall include a copy of his death certificate, and shall be signed by the applicant in her full name. The clerks of court of the several counties of this State shall record and index such applications in the manner required by the Administrative Office of the Courts and forward a copy of the same to the State Registrar of Vital Statistics on a form provided by him."

Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 4th day of June, 1979.