Addressing Invite to Family With Multiple Names

If the daughter is the only child, you could do The hislast-herlast family.
Or just list all three.

Our stationary person told us for a married couple with child under 18 the invite should read Mr and Mrs last name on one line and the name of the child on the line below it. So I would do Mr. last name and Mrs. last name. And then on the second line put Miss first and last name of the teenager.

I wrote “guest and family “ no idea if that is proper but it was easiest!

I just put Mr. So and so & Mrs. So and so with the next line reading the first name of the teenager. We actually had three teens to put on one invitation so I didn't have room to put their first and last names.

I saw a post here recently that included a guide on how to address people on the invitations depending if they were formal, informal, etc. I’m familiar with women having different last names because in Latin cultures women don’t change their last names when they marry. You can include on the first line Mr. ______ and Mrs. _________, then the child would go on the line below that as Miss __________.

View Quoted Comment I think that was me that posted it! Here it is again in case anyone is interested.

The way I did that was rhe John and Jane family I put both last names on the invite and I texted saying hey your children are also invited

I have a cousin who kept her maiden name and when I looked into it, she is considered a Ms. even though she is married. So I would do:

Ms. “maiden name” and Mr. “last name”
Miss “father’s last name”

Oh, and I’d include include first names too, sorry!

You could do “The Smith-Johnson Family” which would include all members?

I wouldn't hyphenate since that implies that she legally hyphenated het name. Write out all three names fully on two lines:

Mr. John Brown and Mrs. Amy Black
Miss Sarah White

Thank you all so much! I think the best route is to write out all of their names in full with the teen's name on a second line.

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The mom and daughter actually are Latina and just recently moved to the U.S., so it sounds like this is what they would expect and find most respectful. Thank you, Iris!