In re Eberhardt
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Chambers, J.
Introduction
On this appeal we take the opportunity to clarify the law on a proposed infant name change, particularly as it pertains to a hyphenation of a child’s surname to include the last names of both parents.
Michelle I. Esquenazi (hereinafter the mother) and John Eberhardt (hereinafter the father) are the parents of now nine-year-old Mariah (hereinafter the child). When the child was *118conceived, the parties had been in a committed relationship for a number of years and lived together along with the mother’s three children from a prior marriage.1 The parties…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Eschbach v. EschbachNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
- Lincoln v. LincolnNew York Court of Appeals · 1969
- In Re Marriage of SchiffmanCalifornia Supreme Court · 1980
- Bobo v. JewellOhio Supreme Court · 1988
- Gubernat v. DeremerSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1995
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