In re Halligan
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtSimons, J.
When petitioner was born in 1948, her parents named her Sara Ryan. Since then she has continuously identified herself by that name, for social security purposes, when dealing with the Internal Revenue Service, when executing higher edu*171cation loan applications, for bank accounts and other legal documents. The one exception to this practice has been her application for a passport and on that occasion the United States passport official insisted that she use her married name, Halligan. Wishing no repetition of that incident she brought a proceeding pursuant to article 6 of the Civil Rights Law…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- In re FiloramoCivil Court of the City of New York · 1963
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