Oh No! Legal Wedding Paperwork
The most important document to take care of was the marriage license. I made sure I was sure of the marriage requirements in my state and county before the wedding date even got close.
Brian and his best man took care of requesting and obtaining the marriage license, and we ordered a few official copies to aid us in making other paperwork changes.
I needed various copies to fax everywhere: my employer, my college, my bank, … I also needed to have my Social Security card changed. I needed to change my last name on all utility and credit card bills, and most of those places want to see your marriage license before they let you change anything.
A few months after the wedding, I was finally all caught up. I still haven’t changed my passport, but I decided to skip that for now because it was the only change that wasn’t free!
I would highly recommend making a list of all the important places that have you listed as single or with your old last name. Even if you aren’t taking your husband’s last name, you will still need to acknowledge that you are now married.
And if you’re living in a new place, you will need to change your address with virtually everyone. That’s where a list certainly comes in handy. That way you are less likely to miss something!
It took a long time to be officially known by everyone as Mrs. Hilton, and even longer before I remembered to call myself Mrs. Hilton. But at least it will keep me married – I’m not jumping through all those name change hoops again!
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