House Journal: Page 1788: Wednesday, April 28, 1999

	Carroll of Poweshiek in the chair at 9:12 a.m.

SENATE AMENDMENTS CONSIDERED
Kettering of Sac called up for consideration House File 714, a bill 
for an act relating to alternative forms of identification to be attached 
to a petition in an action for seeking a name change, amended by the 
Senate, and moved that the House concur in the following Senate 
amendment H-1854:
H-1854
 1     Amend House File 714, as passed by the House, as
 2   follows:
 3     1.  Page 1, by inserting before line 1 the
 4   following:
 5     "Section 1.  Section 595.5, Code 1999, is amended
 6   to read as follows:
 7     595.5  SURNAME NAME ADOPTED.
 8     1.  A party may request indicate on the application
 9   for a marriage license the adoption of a name change
10   to that of the other party or to 
some other surname
11   mutually agreed upon by the parties.  The names 
used
12   on the marriage license shall become the legal names
13   of the parties to the marriage.  The marriage license
14   shall contain a statement that when a name change is
15   requested and affixed to the marriage license, the new
16   name is the legal name of the requesting party. If a
17   party requests a name change, other than 
a change of
18   surname to that of the other spouse or 
to a
19   combination of the surnames of both spouses, 
the party
20   shall request approval of the court pursuant 
to
21   chapter 674 and shall submit to the 
court the
22   information required by section 674.2.  Upon 
approval
23   of the court and solemnization of the 
marriage, the
24     2.  The county registrar shall send a certified
25   copy of the return of marriage to the recorder's
26   office in every county in this state where real
27   property is owned by either of the parties, upon
28   request of the parties. The judge may approve the
29   name change.  The new names and the immediate former
30   names shall appear on the return of marriage, and the
31   return of marriage shall be recorded in the
32   miscellaneous records in the recorder's office.
33     3.  An individual shall have only one legal name at
34   any one time."
35     2.  Title page, lines 1 and 2, by striking the
36   words "alternative forms of identification to be
37   attached to a petition in an action for seeking a".
38     3.  Title page, line 2, by striking the word

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