In re Epstein

This is an application made on behalf of a boy, five years of age, by his mother, for leave to change the infant’s name. Several years ago the mother obtained a divorce from the father in the state of Nevada on the ground of-desertion. She has since remarried and asks that the surname of her present husband (which also happens to be her own family or maiden name) be given to the child. The father of the boy, having received notice of the application, opposes it. The reasons given by the mother for this somewhat unusual request are as follows: (1) That the change will tend to endear the child…