Name Change on Marriage (or Civil Union) certificate.. Is it Possible?
I married my wife in Connecticut on 1/1/07. On 1/1/07 I was still legally female, pre-T and pre-op, pre name change/gender change, pre-everything.
On our civil union certificate (CT did civil unions until 2009 when Marriage became legal in the state for same-sex couples and all civil unions in CT are rolling over to marriages in October of 2010)
As of now because I am legally male, my wife and I aren't sure if we are actually married because we have a civil union until October and in CT straight couples aren't able to have a civil union because they were created solely for same-sex couples.
To make things even worse, I called the town clerk's office (the office that we obtained our civil union license from) and I was told that I am not able to change the name/gender on a marriage/civil union certificate and that I need to hire a lawyer.
Does anyone have any idea if that is correct? I've searched the web for answers to this question and I haven't been able to find anything. Since the civil union will roll over, I'm not worried about whether or not I'm married but I AM worried about having a certificate for the rest of my life that says the wrong name and gender on it.
Again, any help is appreciated both here and in PM.
Thanks again,
Jesse
On our civil union certificate (CT did civil unions until 2009 when Marriage became legal in the state for same-sex couples and all civil unions in CT are rolling over to marriages in October of 2010)
As of now because I am legally male, my wife and I aren't sure if we are actually married because we have a civil union until October and in CT straight couples aren't able to have a civil union because they were created solely for same-sex couples.
To make things even worse, I called the town clerk's office (the office that we obtained our civil union license from) and I was told that I am not able to change the name/gender on a marriage/civil union certificate and that I need to hire a lawyer.
Does anyone have any idea if that is correct? I've searched the web for answers to this question and I haven't been able to find anything. Since the civil union will roll over, I'm not worried about whether or not I'm married but I AM worried about having a certificate for the rest of my life that says the wrong name and gender on it.
Again, any help is appreciated both here and in PM.
Thanks again,
Jesse