Legal Opinion
In the Paternity of M.O.B.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided January 20, 1994No. 45A03-9304-JV-00142PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STATON, Judge.
Naney Broertjes ("Mother") appeals a paternity judgment requiring M.O.B. to assume the surname of his father, Josie Wilcoxon ("Father"). Mother presents for our review a single issue: did the trial court err in finding that it was in the best interests of M.O.B. that he assume Father's surname.
We reverse.
M.O.B. was born out-of-wedlock on April 11, 1991. On June 24, 1991, Mother and Father filed a Voluntary Joint Petition to Establish Paternity; an order granting the petition was entered on September 3, 1991. On August 7, 1992, a hearing was held on the contested issue of…
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