704 - Divorcing and divorced person may resume prior name.

     § 704.  Divorcing and divorced person may resume prior name.        (a)  General rule.--Any person who is a party in a divorce     action may, at any time prior to or subsequent to the entry of     the divorce decree, resume any prior surname used by him or her     by filing a written notice to such effect in the office of the     prothonotary of the county in which the divorce action was filed     or the decree of divorce was entered, showing the caption and     docket number of the proceeding in divorce.        (b)  Foreign decrees.--Where a divorced person has been the     subject of a decree of divorce granted in a foreign     jurisdiction, a certified copy of such foreign divorce decree     may be filed with the prothonotary of the county where the     person resides and, thereafter, the notice specified in     subsection (a) may be filed with reference to such decree.     (Nov. 22, 2000, P.L.689, No.92, eff. 60 days; July 5, 2005,     P.L.54, No.18, eff. 60 days)        Cross References.  Section 704 is referred to in section 702     of this title.