In Re Ravitch

STEVENS, J.:

¶ 1 Appellant, Mary Ravitch, appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster County denying her petition to change name. For the following reasons, we affirm.

¶ 2 On October 26, 1998, Appellant filed a petition to change her name from “Mary Ravitch” to “Mary R.” pursuant to 54 Pa. C.S. §§ 701-705. 1 After determining that Appellant had complied with necessary statutory prerequisites 2 to the process, the trial court presided over an uncontested hearing on the matter. At the hearing, Appellant testified briefly that she no longer wished to use her ex-husband’s…