Good morning,
So this question is from my friend who is going through a divorce right now. She was only married to her husband for less than 2 years so she never changed her last name in her social security card nor passport (she's from another country). The only places that have her married name (which consists of her maiden last name, hyphen, and her husband last name. i.e: her maiden last name is Anderson and her husband's is Johnson, so her last name right NOW is Anderson-Johnson) are her state id, her green card, her w2 and her paystubs from work. The question is, if she wants to marry in another country, is it a good idea to change her last name back to her maiden name? even though her passport has her maiden name, or she can just exclude her married last name? and forget about it forever? thanks!
My opinion.