John Dutton legally changed his last name upon marriage, kept it after his divorce, and then reverted to his old name after becoming a dad.
Courtesy of John Dutton.
- When John Dutton married, he and his wife legally combined their last names with a hyphen.
- They divorced, but he decided not to go back to just Dutton.
- Ten years later and remarried, he dropped his first wife's name. He didn't want to confuse his kids.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with John Dutton.