Legal Opinion
In re Doe
Civil Court of the City of New York
Decided December 23, 2003PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Lucy Billings, J.
I. Background
Petitioner mother and guardian of her daughter and son, who reside with petitioner, seeks a court order changing her name and her children’s names because petitioner is a domestic violence victim; her abuser knows all her identifying information; and she fears that her and her children’s lives and safety are in serious jeopardy unless she and her children change their names. (Civil Rights Law §§ 60-61.) Therefore she also requests, as essential to their safety, that notice of their name changes not be (1) given to her daughter’s father, the…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Zappone v. Home InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
- Cohan v. CunninghamAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984
- In re FeinCivil Court of the City of New York · 1966
- In re Linda Ann A.New York Supreme Court · 1984
- State ex rel. Spence-Chapin Services to Families & Children v. TedenoNew York Supreme Court · 1979
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3Cited by5 opinions
- In re E.P.L.New York Supreme Court · 2009
- Matter of Doe (G.I.C.R.), Civil Court Of The City Of New York, Queens County2025
- In re Name Change of PetersonCourt of Appeals of Kansas · 2020
- Matter of Doe (G.I.C.R.), Civil Court Of The City Of New York, Queens County2025
- Matter of Doe (G.I.C.R.), Civil Court Of The City Of New York, Queens County2025