In re the Application for a Change of Name of Padilla to 577-32-5530

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Petitioner, Frank Padilla, has petitioned this Court pursuant to 16 V.I.C. § 181 et seq. for an order changing his name as set forth in the above-captioned matter. Section 181 of Title 16 of the Virgin Islands Code reads as follows:

Application for change of name may be heard and determined by the District Court. No lawful change of name of a person except a woman upon her marriage or divorce or upon an adoption of a child shall be made unless for sufficient reasons *29not inconsistent with the public interest and satisfactory to the Court. (Underscoring added.)1

Petitioner in…