Legal Opinion
State ex rel. Spence-Chapin Services to Families & Children v. Tedeno
New York Supreme Court
Decided October 16, 1979PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Felice K. Shea, J.
The issue raised by this motion to modify an order of filiation is which parent, the mother or the father, shall have the right to have his/her name on the birth certificate of a nonmarital child. The question does not appear to have been considered by the courts of this State.
Petitioner, Cheryle Randall, asks the court to change its filiation order, signed May 19, 1979, to delete the phrase "her name is Alexandria Kristen Tedeno” and substitute the phrase "the said child’s name [shall] remain Alexandria Randall.” The order of filiation was signed on…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Stanley v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Caban v. MohammedSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Kagen v. KagenNew York Court of Appeals · 1968
- Seitz v. DrogheoNew York Court of Appeals · 1967
- In re ShipleyNew York Supreme Court · 1960
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- In re SakarisCivil Court of the City of New York · 1993
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