Wearn v. Wray

McMurray, Judge.

Leslie Michael Wray, by next friend, his mother, Jeannie C. Wearn, filed a petition to change his surname to Wearn so that the mother and minor child could have the same surname and to avoid embarrassment, confusion and inconvenience. Terry Michael Wray, his natural father, still supported the child and had not given his consent to the name change. When the case came on for a hearing the lower court denied the prayer and request *364for name change since the parties stipulated the natural father had visitation rights under a divorce decree, was making child support payments and…