New York Laws
Article 13 - Provisions Applicable to More Than One Type of Matrimonial Action
240-A - Judgment or Decree; Additional Provision.

§ 240-a. Judgment or decree; additional provision. In any action or
proceeding brought under the provisions of this chapter wherein all or
part of the relief granted is divorce or annulment of a marriage any
interlocutory or final judgment or decree shall contain, as a part
thereof, the social security numbers of the named parties in the action
or proceeding, as well as a provision that each party may resume the use
of his or her premarriage surname or any other former surname.

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