Acevedo v. Burley

OPINION

MATTHEWS, Chief Justice.

The question presented is whether the trial court should have enjoined a divorced mother from changing the surname of her child without following statutory change of name standards. In accordance with the weight of authority in other jurisdictions we conclude that the statute should be followed and that the mother should be enjoined from informally changing the child’s name.

Gustavo Acevedo and Denise Liberty were divorced in 1991. They have one child, Amanda Acevedo, born in June 1989. Denise was awarded custody of Amanda and Gustavo was granted reasonable…