Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 271, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 November 1914 — wife's name Is Her Owe In Kansas. [ARTICLE]

wife's name Is Her Owe In Kansas.

married woman la Kansas is not compelled .by law to take the name of her husband,** said Thomas W. Hare of Kansas City, Kan. Mr. Hare Is a lawyer. “A husband can take the name of his wife if he fcantito,” continued Mr, Hare, “or both can change names without even resorting to the courts or the Legislature. "This is the How of the AttorneyGeneral of Kansas, who says that the .taking of the name of the husband by the wife seems to be a matter wholly of custom and not of law."