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2017 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 767. Actions affecting the family.
767.395 Name of spouse.
Universal Citation: WI Stat § 767.395 (2017)
767.395 Name of spouse. Except as provided in s. 301.47, the court, upon granting a divorce, shall allow either spouse, upon request, to resume a former legal surname, if any.
History: 1975 c. 94; 1979 c. 32 s. 50; Stats. 1979 s. 767.20; 2003 a. 52; 2005 a. 443 s. 78; Stats. 2005 s. 767.395.
Women's names in Wisconsin: In Re Petition of Kruzel. MacDougall, 1975 WBB No. 4.
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