The author, not pictured, changed her last name after her divorce.
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- I was kicked out of my house as a teen and changed my last name to separate from my family.
- When I met my ex-partner, I changed my last name again so that we felt like a family.
- Now that we are divorced, I'm changing my name again to take back my identity.
Just weeks after my ex-partner walked out on our marriage, I was meeting with my attorney. She told me I had...