Legal Opinion
In Re Strikwerda
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided December 1, 1975No. Record 750244PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCochran, J.
This appeal presents the novel question whether a wife’s petition to resume her maiden name, approved by her husband, may be denied, where the change of name is not sought for an illegal purpose and the couple have agreed that any children born of the marriage will bear the husband’s surname.
Donna Jean Stienstra married Thomas Earl Strikwerda in 1970 and thereafter used her husband’s surname. In 1974 she filed a petition in the trial court, pursuant to Code § 8-577.1 (Cum. Supp. 1973) 1 to change her name back to Donna Jean Stienstra. Judith Burnett Halsey married Richard Henrik Antell in…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Stuart v. Board of Supervisors of ElectionsCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1972
- In re HalliganAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1974
- State, Ex Rel. Krupa v. GreenOhio Court of Appeals · 1961
- Petition of HauptlyIndiana Supreme Court · 1974
- In Re Petition of KruzelWisconsin Supreme Court · 1975
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Secretary of the Commonwealth v. City Clerk of LowellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Flowers v. CainSupreme Court of Virginia · 1977
- Estate of Hosmer v. HosmerMissouri Court of Appeals · 1980
- In Re SampathUnited States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Virginia · 2004
- Klein v. KleinCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1977
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