In Re the Marriage of Hurta

Jenny Sue Rosenberg, nee Hurta appeals from an order which modified a decree of dissolution changing her daughter's last name from Rosenberg to Hurta. We reverse.

In the decree of dissolution, provision was made for the unborn child of the parties, but no name was given. When the child was born, the mother gave her name as Jesse Jo Rosenberg for purposes of registration. RCW 70.58.070. See Doe v. Dunning, 87 Wn.2d 50, 549 P.2d 1 (1976). Subsequently, the father, Michael Robert Hurta, filed a petition for modification of the decree to show the child's name as Jesse Jo Hurta.

There is no…