Legal Opinion
In re Filoramo
Civil Court of the City of New York
Decided October 7, 1963PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtEgbert V. Santangelo, J.
The application of Anthony John Michael Filoramo and his wife Bosemary for leave to assume the names of Anthony John Michaels and Bosemary Michaels is denied. The husband petitioner has failed to specify any good and justifiable reason either socially or professionally why his or that of his wife’s name should be changed from the surname of Filoramo to Michaels. The reason assigned that the name of Michaels can be spelled and pronounced more easily than the surname Filoramo is silly and capricious. The latter is an honorable name of parents of Italian ancestry. They gave birth to the male…
2Cited by5 opinions
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- In re GreenfieldCivil Court of the City of New York · 1970