My question involves name change laws in the State of: New Jersey, I'm getting married and my birth certificate and social security card are different. Also I'm 31 yrs old as well.
So my first question is which name does my fiancé take? This is an example of my documents... (Ex: BC Name; John Smith Blake-Smith.... while SS name; John Smith). I have always gone as John Smith through out my whole life.
Second question is I want to update my birth certificate and make it "John Smith" like it should be, how do I go about that? I want to keep my SS Card the way it is.

