Man With Wifes Last Name Accused of Fraud
February 1, 2013
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as posted by the channel"After Lazaro Sopena and Hanh Dinh got married, Sopena decided to change his name to Lazaro Dinh to honor his wife's Vietnamese family surname.
"It was an act of love. I have no particular emotional ties to my last name," Dinh (né Sopena) told Reuters.
Dinh obtained a new passport and Social Security card, and changed his bank account and credit cards before going to the DMV to get a new driver's license.
That's when things got ridiculous."*
A man who wanted to take his wife's last name out of love for her was accused of fraud in Florida, and was told by a judge that men are not allowed to take their wives' last names." Why is there such a law, and who does it protect? Ana Kasparian and Desi Doyen (Green News Report) discuss.
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