Pennsylvania Act 2004-105 — NAMES (54 PA.C.S.) - SURVIVING SPOUSE TO RESUME PRIOR NAME

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NAMES (54 PA.C.S.) - SURVIVING SPOUSE TO RESUME PRIOR NAME
                 Act of Nov. 19, 2004, P.L. 842, No. 105              Cl. 54
                             Session of 2004
                               No. 2004-105

     HB 2441

                                  AN ACT

     Amending Title 54 (Names) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
        Statutes, providing for surviving spouse to resume prior
        name.

        The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     hereby enacts as follows:

        Section 1.  Title 54 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
     Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
      § 704.1.  Surviving spouse may resume prior name.
        A surviving spouse may, at any time, resume any prior surname
     used by him or her by filing a written notice to such effect in
     the office of the clerk of courts of common pleas of the county
     where the surviving spouse resides, accompanied by a certificate
     of death for the decedent.
        Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.

     APPROVED--The 19th day of November, A. D. 2004.

     EDWARD G. RENDELL