Okay, so I moved to Indiana from Illinois this year. My wife and I went to the BMV to get our Indiana licenses. I had no problem. But my wife was unable to get a license with the correct name on it.
When we got married 11 years ago, she took her maiden name as her middle name (you know, like Hillary RHODAM Clinton).
This was no problem. At the time we lived in New York. She got her license changed there, as well as Social Secutity card, passport, etc.
We didn't have any problem in Illinois as well. All of our mortgages, brokerage accounts, etc. have the name with the maiden name as the middle name.
Unfortunately, my wife let her passport expire. So when she went to the BMV, she had to use her birth certificate.
This is how the BMV discovered that her maiden name was her middle name. Evidently, this is not allowed.
They instead gave her a license with one of those hyphenated names.
That, of course, was not acceptable. The hyphenated name is not on her social security card, accounts, mortgage, etc.
So we had to go to court to get her name changed to what it has been for the last 11 years. It cost us $600 to do it.
F***ing bureacrats.
And now I read in the Post-trib that the BMV may not even be applying the law correctly!
AHHHHHRRRRGGGGGHHHHH! I could KILL somebody!
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
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Buzz:
Although I've never had any problem with ANY BMV in any state I lived in (now "existing" in Ft. Wayne), I can understand your dilemma.
Damn shame all these "bureaucraps" (sic) won't bother to READ the laws they are supposed to enforce.
I would have thought showing a Soc-Sec card would be enough to get things set to rights.
I'd contact the state's attorney general or at least the head of the Indiana BMV in this one.
Shouldn't have to cost $600 to change a damn NAME...this isn't Casablanca during Ww2.
B.G.
(and if you have to kill someone...make it LOOK like self-defense at least)
Dude, we CALLED the BMV in Indy. They backed up the local office.
This is official BMV policy statewide. It is NOT just some local person who is mistaken.
Yeah, I wouldn't waste my CCW on some bureacrat.
Hi Buzz,
Just think how cool everything will be when the government gets control of the health care system and people have to deal with bureaucrats to get their medical care.
"Sir, you didn't fill out your application for health care properly. Please go to the back of the line after you've completed it correctly! After that, you'll have to wait until your priority date arrives and your authorization for services is approved."
Hi Buzz,
Did you see the news that the poster-child for why the voter ID law harms people is registered in 2 states.
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