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Possibly ignorant question, sorry.
I was reading the news article about the protest arrests and it mentions Sean Bell's fiancee's name as "Nicole Paultre Bell"
Can you be married and/or take someone's name posthumously?
just curious....
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LoveyQ
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Re: Possibly ignorant question, sorry.
Honestly, I've been wondering the same thing and figured she just legally changed her name or was socially using it.
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| Posted 5/7/08 8:57 PM |
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MrsKelly
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Re: Possibly ignorant question, sorry.
as long as you go through the proper paperwork, you can change your name to whatever you like.
she wasn't married to him and still took his name.
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| Posted 5/7/08 8:57 PM |
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Jackie24
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Re: Possibly ignorant question, sorry.
Posted by MrsKelly
as long as you go through the proper paperwork, you can change your name to whatever you like.
she wasn't married to him and still took his name.
interesting, i was wondering the same thing
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| Posted 5/7/08 9:05 PM |
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bklyngirl
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Re: Possibly ignorant question, sorry.
Posted by -DonnaMarie-
I was reading the news article about the protest arrests and it mentions Sean Bell's fiancee's name as "Nicole Paultre Bell"
Can you be married and/or take someone's name posthumously?
just curious....
i've been wondering the same thing since this whole thing started
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| Posted 5/7/08 9:08 PM |
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MsMBV
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Re: Possibly ignorant question, sorry.
I guess technically they did get a marriage license though...... I mean you have to get it at least 24 hours before the wedding, no?
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| Posted 5/7/08 9:11 PM |
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LIgrlatheart
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Re: Possibly ignorant question, sorry.
after his death she did it via the courts
so it was legally changed
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| Posted 5/7/08 9:14 PM |
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GioiaMia
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Re: Possibly ignorant question, sorry.
you can change your name to anything you want!
I worked on a case where the guy changed his name to Rainbow Belle
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| Posted 5/7/08 9:17 PM |
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Re: Possibly ignorant question, sorry.
Posted by LIgrlatheart
after his death she did it via the courts
so it was legally changed
That's right and as I recall it was a full media event, with big Al in attendance...
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| Posted 5/7/08 9:21 PM |
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Tany
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Re: Possibly ignorant question, sorry.
Posted by Tilde
you can change your name to anything you want!
I worked on a case where the guy changed his name to Rainbow Belle
 
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| Posted 5/7/08 9:22 PM |
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DaniJude
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Re: Possibly ignorant question, sorry.
Posted by -DonnaMarie-
I was reading the news article about the protest arrests and it mentions Sean Bell's fiancee's name as "Nicole Paultre Bell"
Can you be married and/or take someone's name posthumously?
just curious....
I asked the SAME question on the now locked thread from earlier today - somewhere around page hmmmmm I wanna say 4/5???
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| Posted 5/7/08 9:27 PM |
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DaniJude
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Re: Possibly ignorant question, sorry.
Here is Melissa's answer to me from that thread.
December 7, 2006, Nicole Paultre legally changed her name to Nicole Paultre-Bell to "honor the memory" of Sean Bell.[38] New York State laws require a couple to obtain a marriage license prior to a wedding, and "although the marriage license is issued immediately, the marriage ceremony may not take place within 24 hours from the exact time that the license was issued."[39] According to Nicole Paultre's attorney, a posthumous wedding was impossible since no marriage license had yet been signed
HTH 
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| Posted 5/7/08 9:28 PM |
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babymakes3
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Re: Possibly ignorant question, sorry.
Doesn't she have a daughter with him?
I probably would've changed my name to his too (after his death) if my DD had his name.
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Re: Possibly ignorant question, sorry.
ah ok thank you!
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| Posted 5/7/08 9:40 PM |
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ArmyOfBabies
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Re: Possibly ignorant question, sorry.
I never watched it, but I remember this one episode of Friends where Phoebe changed her name to Princess Consuela Banana Hammock just because she could, lol.
So yeah, you can change your name to whatever you want
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| Posted 5/7/08 10:15 PM |
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MissJones
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Re: Possibly ignorant question, sorry.
Honestly, if DH had died the night before our wedding, I'm sure that thought would have crossed my mind. 
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| Posted 5/7/08 10:19 PM |
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HeathKernandez
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Re: Possibly ignorant question, sorry.
Posted by Tilde
you can change your name to anything you want!
I worked on a case where the guy changed his name to Rainbow Belle
DOes that mean I have a chance of changing my son's name to 'Knuckleballs?"
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HoneyBadger
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Re: Possibly ignorant question, sorry.
Posted by carolinep24
Posted by Tilde
you can change your name to anything you want!
I worked on a case where the guy changed his name to Rainbow Belle
DOes that mean I have a chance of changing my son's name to 'Knuckleballs?"
Only if you want him to get beat up on a daily basis on the school playground.
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| Posted 5/7/08 10:24 PM |
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Re: Possibly ignorant question, sorry.
Princess Consuela Bananahammock!
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| Posted 5/7/08 10:25 PM |
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HeathKernandez
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Re: Possibly ignorant question, sorry.
Posted by Jennie0898
Posted by carolinep24
Posted by Tilde
you can change your name to anything you want!
I worked on a case where the guy changed his name to Rainbow Belle
DOes that mean I have a chance of changing my son's name to 'Knuckleballs?"
Only if you want him to get beat up on a daily basis on the school playground.
or that he's DESTINED to be a pitcher...
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| Posted 5/7/08 10:47 PM |
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HoneyBadger
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Re: Possibly ignorant question, sorry.
Posted by carolinep24
Posted by Jennie0898
Posted by carolinep24
Posted by Tilde
you can change your name to anything you want!
I worked on a case where the guy changed his name to Rainbow Belle
DOes that mean I have a chance of changing my son's name to 'Knuckleballs?"
Only if you want him to get beat up on a daily basis on the school playground.
or that he's DESTINED to be a pitcher...
that too.
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MsMBV
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Re: Possibly ignorant question, sorry.
Posted by Tilde
you can change your name to anything you want!
I worked on a case where the guy changed his name to Rainbow Belle
FAB-U-LOUS OMG that is just the funniest thing I have heard today.
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| Posted 5/7/08 10:55 PM |
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Emily
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Re: Possibly ignorant question, sorry.
She went the proper route to change her last name to Bell.
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JenniferEver
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Re: Possibly ignorant question, sorry.
I can't say this si true with 100% certainty, but I know of someone who changed her last name to "Dragonwagon"
I think if there is no intent to defraud you can change your name to whatever you want. In HS I randomly started using my grandmother's maiden name.
I sometimes think of changing my name
1) I don't want my dad's name, although I guess it is also my mom's
2) I would rather have an Italian name than a German one. Of my 4 grandparents, my paternal grandfather is the only one who wasn't Italian. I grew up with no German culture (except potato salad), so I always wished I had an Italian name that actually reflects the culture I grew up with.
Ok that was off topic.
if I were in that position and had planned to take his name, I would have done the same thing,
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