Legal Opinion
In re Forchion
California Court of Appeal
Decided August 31, 2011No. B227341PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
MALLANO, P. J.
This appeal presents the question of whether an individual may statutorily change his name to the name of his Web site, including the “.com.” (See Code Civ. Proc., §§ 1275-1279.6.) The answer is no.
Petitioner, Robert Edward Forchion, Jr. (Forchion), is a resident of New Jersey. Since 2009, he has managed a Rastafarian temple in Los Angeles and has operated a medical marijuana dispensary that he claims is lawful under the Compassionate Use Act of 1996 (Health & Saf. Code, § 11362.5). He has devoted his adult life to promoting the legalization of marijuana and, in 2000, was…
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