Werthwein v. Workman

Terry Jennings, Justice, Dissenting

No interest is more compelling or more important than a child's best interest.[1 ]

In her first issue, appellant, Adaline Rose Werthwein, argues that the trial court erred in granting the request of appellee, Craig Edward Workman, to change the surname of their two-year-old son from Werthwein to Workman because there is no evidence establishing that it was in the child's best interest to do so. Because the majority errs in holding that there is "adequate evidence to support the trial court's best-interest determination" in changing the child's surname from…