Legal Opinion
In re Thompson
Civil Court of the City of New York
Decided May 9, 1975PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDavid Stadtmauer , J.
Petitioner Maurice Lee Thompson seeks leave of this court to assume the name of Chief Piankhi Akinbaloye pursuant to sections 60 and 61 of the Civil Rights Law.
Section 63 of the Civil Rights Law provides that before making an order authorizing the petitioner to assume a proposed name, the court must be satisfied "that there is no reasonable objection to the change of name proposed” (also see Matter of Middleton, 60 Misc 2d 1056).
Primarily, the court is charged with examining whether the name sought to be assumed will be a source of or instrumentality for fraud, evasion or interference with…
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