KRS 403.230: Legal separation -- Court may convert, to a decree of dissolution --

Restoration of former name.

(1) No earlier than one year after entry of a decree of legal separation, the court on

motion of either party shall convert the decree to a decree of diss olution of

marriage.

(2) Upon request by a wife whose marriage is dissolved or declared invalid, the court

may, and if there are no children of the parties shall, order her maiden name or a

former name restored.