In re: Robert Floyd Brown, Jr.

PRESENT: Lemons, C.J., Goodwyn, Millette, Mims, McClanahan, and Powell, JJ., and Koontz, S.J. IN RE: ROBERT FLOYD BROWN, JR. OPINION BY Record No. 141130 CHIEF JUSTICE DONALD W. LEMONS April 16, 2015 FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY Nathan C. Lee, Judge In this appeal, we consider whether the trial court abused its discretion in denying an application for a name change filed under Code § 8.01-217 by Robert Floyd Brown, Jr. ("Brown"). While Brown's appeal to this Court was pending, the Court granted an appeal in a similar case from a decision of the same trial judge. That case…