If the father of John Doe Jr dies,is jr still jr or is he legally John Doe?

Question

is jr applied to name on birth certifificate and if so is sr bound to change his own?what about name on ss card?if jr is on birth certificate can it be removed after sr death?

Answer 1

If Jr. is on the birth certificate, it is part of the legal name. Many people use Jr, Sr, etc without it actually being official in the legal sense by being on their birth certificate. Whatever is on your birth certificate is what you use for legal documents and your social security #.

If a Jr has a son with his name, the son is "the III", or the third.

Sr. always refers to the first in line with the name, regardless of whether he is alive or deceased, just as Jr refers to the second person in the family line to bear the name.

Answer 2

John Doe is the father and his name doesnt change because he died. Therefore, John Doe Jr is still John Doe Jr. If both died you wouldn't be able to tell them apart by name alone. Hence the Jr name.

Answer 3

According to Miss Manners, the oldest holder of the name is just the plain name. If he dies, his widow becomes Mrs. Dead Guy, Sr.

Jr. drops the Jr. and everyone else moves up one number.

The former Jr's wife becomes Mrs. John Doe (which is why the widow gets "Sr." to distinguish her from the now Mrs. plain).

This is, as I say, what Miss Manners says.

Seems hardly anyone else says this, judging by the other answers I read.

Answer 4

You can change your name at any time. You will still be jr. if sr. dies if that's the way you want it to stay.

Answer 5

He will forever be Jr...and his son will be the third, lll, if he chooses to name him after himself. Its called sucession.

Answer 6

still a Jr...if said person has a son, he will be a III....