Bennett v. Northcutt

In this action to change the name of a minor child, the trial court denied petitioner’s motion to include in the statement of facts the records of two interviews with the child by the judge in chambers. At the first interview the court reporter and both counsel were present. At the second interview the judge and the child were alone. After the trial court had denied the change of name, petitioner requested the reporter to prepare the statement of facts and submitted to the court a written request that the statement of facts include the reporter’s record of the first interview and a narrative…