tiddleywinks
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- Jurisdiction
- Missouri
My marriage license does not have the correct name and does not match my birth certificate; this is causing many difficulties for me now, decades later. When I was 14, my father, a criminal attorney, received threats against his children. He moved us from the West Coast to the Midwest and we used a ficticious surname for the next 5 years. This was a protective measure and was not used with any fraudulent intent, but my parents registered me for high school under the fictitious name. I used the same name when I enrolled for college. It never occurred to me that it was a problem; I was a minor trusting my parents. When I married at age 19, I signed my marriage license with the full name on my birth certificate but added the fictitious surname. Because there was no legal name change, there is now no documentation for a continuous chain of name changes. I cannot get a passport or a TSA security approval. This is incredibly frustrating; I can't believe the trouble it is causing. I changed my name upon marriage and have used this name for 40 years, but that 5-year period so long ago is now problematic. Is there any recourse? Is it possible to petition to have my marriage license amended to delete the fictitious name?