In Re ACS

171 P.3d 1148 (2007)

In the Matter of a Change of Name for A.C.S., A Minor Child.

No. S-12489.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

November 28, 2007.

G.R. Eschbacher, Justin Eschbacher, Anchorage, for Appellant.

Eric Gieser. Michelle V. Minor, Law Offices of Michelle V. Minor, P.C., Anchorage, for Appellee Lisa Starling.

Before: FABE, Chief Justice, MATTHEWS, EASTAUGH, and CARPENETI, Justices.

OPINION

MATTHEWS, Justice.

The question presented is whether the superior court properly denied a father's petition to change the surname of his preschoolage child to a hyphenated name containing both parents' surnames. We…