{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2a-34-21","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 2A:34-21","heading":"Surname.","body":"Surname.\nThe 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.\nAmended 1988, c.153, s.2; 2006, c.103, s.77.","path":["TITLE 2A ADMINISTRATION OF CIVIL AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"5ef28257b1bd11db6d4a91db493ba079b9cf6188b10c9b957126829cc9931ad1","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2a-34-20","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2a-34-23"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}