# Adult Adoption questions

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adult-adoption-questions/352598>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 13, 2006, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adult-adoption-questions/352598 "2006-04-13T23:55:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![doreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@doreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doreen)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2013, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adult-adoption-questions/352598/21 "2013-09-27T20:00:43Z")

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> [@robert\_columbia](#):
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> There’s an interesting question here. Is there a standard “legal definition of maiden name”, or is one’s maiden name defined through social practice and really only serves as a convenient password? For example, has anyone filled out a form asking them to declare their maiden name, their spouse’s, or their mother’s, and **been told that their answer is incorrect**?

Nope. I don’t recall ever filling out a form and being asked my mother’s maiden name except as a security question. I’ve filled out a lot of forms that asked for my maiden name but essentially treated it as a type of alias or AKA, asking about any others at the same time. In fact, I always have to list my “married” name for this question, because although I myself have never used my husband’s last name , I’m not sure that no one have ever used it for me.

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**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2013, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adult-adoption-questions/352598/22 "2013-09-27T21:35:21Z")

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> [@Jelymag](#):
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> I didn’t even know adults could get adopted. What’s the point of it, from a legal standpoint?

> [@Telemark](#):
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> Inheritence, next-of-kin for medical reasons, formalize the relationship.

yes, it was a way for gay to protect their relationship & legal rights, back in the days before same-sex marriage.

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