Did you revert to your maiden name after you separated?

[Lulu]

Yep.
But I only had 50% of the stuff changed over to my married name anyway because I wasn't prepared to let go my maiden name for everything.

bet that didn't help at all....

[Pandora]

I think its important to have the same surname as my kids.
If I got divorced, I'd want to change my name back but I'd only do it if I could change all my kids names to my maiden name as well.

[Arimeh]

I changed mine when the divorce came through, as I needed the divorce certificate to change it with Queensland transport for my drivers licence and nobody would let me change anything else without that done first

I have a different surname to my kids now though because I didn't change it when I remarried.

[Lulu]

My kids don't even have the same surnames, tee hee, doesn't bother us - one has my surname and one has his.

[Heaven]

[Liviam]

I haven't been divorced but I think I would change it when the divorce came through. New start as me again not Mrs XYZ, KWIM??

[~breeze~]

I'm currently trying to decide this myself. I think if I go back to my maiden name I'll have to somehow convince XH to let me change the kids names to mine aswell. I dont feel bad about taking away the "carrying on the family name" as his dad had 4 sons & other grandsons to carry on the name, my dad had 3 girls so no-one to carry his name on. DS also has XH's dads first name as his middle name so he will still carry that name forever IYKWIM.

To me its important that my kids have the same surname as me, its personal choice, this is just what I want for us

Good luck

[Visitor7]

My mum changed hers when she divorced my dad (not when they separated). She didn't change ours as she divorced dad, we didn't. And it would have been a little unfair for him for us to lose his surname.
My MIL has been separated for 22 or so years, and still has her married name. She will never divorce FIL, so will always keep the name.

Personal choice I think. You need to do what you feel comfortable doing.