Walberg v. Walberg

The parties were divorced in 1970 and shortly thereafter both remarried. The mother, now named Klessig, has custody of the parties’ children — two girls both under ten years of age. The issue before us on appeal from an order entered subsequent to a hearing on a motion to modify the divorce decree is the correctness of that portion of the court’s order which states:

“* * * [D] efendant’s [father’s] motion for an order that the children use only the surname of Walberg is granted insofar as official records are concerned; however, whatever name the children use on a day to day basis shall be…