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N.J. Stat. § 2A:34-21
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2A:34-21. Surname. The court, upon or after granting a divorce from the bonds of matrimony to either spouse or dissolution of a civil union to either partner in a civil union couple, may allow either spouse or partner in a civil union couple to resume any name used by the spouse or partner in a civil union couple before the marriage or civil union, or to assume any surname. Amended 1988, c.153, s.2; 2006, c.103, s.77.
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