When a civil partnership is dissolved, you have the same name change options as someone going through a divorce. If you want to revert to the exact name you held before the civil partnership, your dissolution order (the final legal document ending the partnership) is usually sufficient evidence for most organisations when presented alongside your original civil partnership certificate. You may not need a deed poll at all for a basic reversion to your previous name.
A deed poll is needed if you want to take a name other than your pre-partnership name: a completely new surname, a different combination of names, or a change to your first name. It is also the cleaner route if you find that some organisations are not accepting the dissolution order and civil partnership certificate combination smoothly. A deed poll gives every organisation a single unambiguous document to process, regardless of their familiarity with civil partnership dissolution paperwork.
As with divorce, many people going through a civil partnership dissolution want their new name to reflect a fresh chapter. A deed poll gives you the flexibility to choose exactly the name you want to move forward with, not just the one you had before the partnership. This service generates a legally valid deed poll for any name change at any stage: before, during, or after the dissolution process.