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Jamie ❤️
Savvy August 2021

Made a mistake on marriage license before married.

Jamie ❤️, on June 27, 2021 at 2:15 PM Posted in Community Conversations 0 6
My fiance and I recently got our marriage license a few weeks ago. He's hispanic so his last name on technically two last names, I kind of like both of them so I wanted to take them both since you can do that in California. His last name is Garcia Carrasco.


But for our marriage license it just said my last name would be Garcia and we both stupidly assumed that they would only add his other last name once we are officially married. I don't I don't know why we thought that but we did.
We're just now finding out that that's not the case,I know we should have known, our fault.. we have not been married yet since our wedding is in August. I want to know if it's possible to still go over to the clerk's office and quickly change this. I know it's a lot more complicated with a marriage certificate so hopefully it's not with just a marriage license, especially if you aren't married yet.Also I'm in Orange county.
Again I know I should have known better and we should have asked, so no need to tell me how dumb I was for not asking,we know now 😅 We just want to know if me can change this.

6 Comments

Latest activity by Lynnie, on June 30, 2021 at 10:10 AM
  • Taylor
    Devoted October 2021
    Taylor ·
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    Your best bet is to call the Clerk’s Office tomorrow morning and ask them! They would know best, and likely can assist if it’s an easy fix 😊
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  • Michelle
    Master April 2021
    Michelle ·
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    Definitely call them & ask what your options are so you can fix this.
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  • A
    Super December 2020
    Anais ·
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    Call ASAP! I’m sure it’s fixable since you’re not married yet, you might have to pay for a new license though
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  • Lynnie
    WeddingWire Administrator October 2016
    Lynnie ·
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    Have you talked to the county clerk??

    Since you're not married yet, you should be able to just rip up this marriage license and apply for a new one with your correct married name! I'd just start working on correcting things ASAP!

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  • Jamie ❤️
    Savvy August 2021
    Jamie ❤️ ·
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    Thanks you everyone for the advice c: I went over to the office today and managed to get the change, they didn't even charge me^^
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  • Lynnie
    WeddingWire Administrator October 2016
    Lynnie ·
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    Yayy!! That's fantastic news! 🌟

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