Despite being given the impression that this process was almost complete, I've now been informed that my identity is being questioned.

I didn't take my ex husband's name, but a year or so prior had had my mother's maiden name inserted via deed poll changing it from JPS to JPCS. I had not changed the name on my passport as I had been informed that as long as my new name was not in common identifying use, it was fine to wait until the passport expired to change it. Well, as it was more of a gesture it wasn't in regular, identifying use and was a middle name rather than a first or surname.

My ex and I eloped in Denmark where they said the names on our passports were what they would use for the certificate (despite bringing the deed poll certificate). So I was married as JPS, despite technically being JPCS.

However, when I filed for divorce three years later, having finally had all my papers updated, I filed under JPCS.

Now they are questioning, late into the process, why these names differ. I have provided my lawyer with the explanation, sling with both my old and new passports, birth certificate and deed poll papers.

So my questions are: Is this going to be a massive deal that drags this once straightforward process into something terrible and lengthy? For what it's worth, I am literally the only JPS or JPCS out there. There aren't any others. Just me.

And, am I going to get into legal trouble for not having my old passport reflect my name change, despite genuinely believing at the time that it was fine?

Thank you.