D. R. S. v. R. S. H.

BUCHANAN, Chief Judge.

CASE SUMMARY

Plaintiff D.R.S. appeals from a judgment in an action on a Voluntary Petition to Establish Paternity of Child and Provide for Its Support requiring her child to bear the surname of his biological father, claiming that the order was contrary to law, unsupported by the evidence, and an abuse of discretion.

We affirm.

FACTS

D.R.S. is the unwed mother of a one-year-old child, J. Ten days after J.’s birth, D.R.S. and the biological father, R.S.H., jointly filed a Voluntary Petition to Establish Paternity.

At the hearing, the parties stipulated that R.S.H. was the…