In Re: Petition for Change of Name, Charles Grannis

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT NASHVILLE Assigned on Briefs January 12, 2004 IN RE: PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME CHARLES GRANNIS, PETITIONER Appeal from the Probate Court for Davidson County No. 03P736 Mary Ashley Nichols, Special Judge No. M2003-01242-COA-R3-CV - Filed June 15, 2004 The trial court denied a Petition for Name Change. Among the allegations the Petitioner raises on appeal are that the master or special judge who denied his Petition was biased against him and that she was not authorized to act as a judge. We do not find sufficient evidence of bias in the record to…