What’s In a Name?
I promise I am not about to tell you to stop and smell the roses during your divorce. But I may not be able to resist quoting Shakespeare while discussing a very particular challenge related to divorce. The name change issue and the ensuing identity struggle during and after divorce is a common one. Men ask me if they can control whether their former wife changes her name back to her maiden name (they can’t) and women, particularly women with children, struggle with this big decision. I recently overheard two divorced moms discussing this complex issue. One woman had restored
