Can wife used her father's name after marriage

Law Querier (Querist) 23 April 2012 This query is : Resolved
Dear Experts,
In divorce petition,wife shows her full name with father's name and not with her husband.Example-suppose Sushila's father name is Kantilal patel and Husband's name is Vishal patel. Can she mention her name in petition as Sushila kantilal patel? Is it valid? What should husband do?
Can wife use her father's name behalf of her husband's name after marrigae?

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ajay sethi (Expert) 23 April 2012
many ladies these days do not want to add name of husband after marriage and prefer to use their maiden name .

well it is wife choice husband cannot force her to chnage her name after marriage

A V Vishal (Expert) 24 April 2012
There is no law to restrain you from using your father's name and so there is no issues if one uses her father's name after marriage.

prabhakar singh (Expert) 24 April 2012
Law has no dictation in this regard.You have complete freedom.

SAINATH DEVALLA (Expert) 24 April 2012
In the divorce petition you said that she has mentioned her father's surname,then which name was she using during her married life.