Legal Opinion
In re Beals
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Decided June 17, 2013PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
2Per curiam
Order, dated June 18, 2012, affirmed, without costs.
*62Treating this appeal as an application by petitioner for review pursuant to CPLR 5704 (b) (see Matter of Washington, 216 AD2d 781, 781 [1995]), we conclude that the court acted within its authority in denying petitioner’s name change application without prejudice to renewal upon the production of petitioner’s birth certificate (or its equivalent) and proof of residency. That the Missouri-born petitioner may not have been statutorily required to include such documents as part of the name change application (see Civil…
3Cases cited1 opinion
- In re WashingtonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
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