Legal Opinion
In re Yessner
Civil Court of the City of New York
Decided October 7, 1969PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtNoah Goldstein, J.
Petitioner, Anita Tessner, makes this application pursuant to section 60 of the Civil Eights Law, on notice to her former husband, father of the infant, for leave to assume her maiden name, to wit: Anita Mitnick and for leave to change her infant son’s name to Eobert Mitnick.
*175While petitioner’s former husband does not oppose her application to assume her maiden name, he does, however, oppose the application to change the infant’s name on the ground that there is no need for such change and requests that the court hold the matter in abeyance pending his release from Elmira Penitentiary.
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2Cases cited5 opinions
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- In re BaldiniCity of New York Municipal Court · 1959
- In re CohnNew York Supreme Court · 1943
- In re FeinCivil Court of the City of New York · 1966
- In re Simon, New York County Courts1955
3Cited by16 opinions
- D. R. S. v. R. S. H.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1980
- West v. WrightCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1971
- Cohan v. CunninghamAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984
- Rio v. RioNew York Supreme Court · 1986
- State ex rel. Spence-Chapin Services to Families & Children v. TedenoNew York Supreme Court · 1979
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