Huffman v. Fisher

Ray Thornton, Justice.

The question presented by this appeal concerns the right of a noncustodial parent, in cases involving disputes over a child’s surname, to insist that the child bear his surname. Appellant Kara Kathleen Huffman, mother of Jacob Austen Huffman (Fisher), brings this appeal of the decision of the Cross County Chancery Court to change her son’s surname to that of his father. We reverse the decision of the chancellor and remand for further findings consistent with this opinion.

Appellant Kara Kathleen Huffman was sixteen years old and unmarried when she gave birth to a son on…