Legal Opinion
In re Green
Civil Court of the City of New York
Decided September 22, 1967PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMaurice Wahl, J.
Petitioner is an American-born citizen over 27 years of age and is employed in a nursing home in the City of New York. He seeks not only to disavow the faith and tenets of his church and his forebears but also his patronymic. Hence he now applies for judicial approval for the renunciation of his natal appellation, Earl Breen, pursuant to section 60 et seq. of the Civil Bights Law, and desires to be known as Merwon Abdul Salaam because he has embraced the Islamic faith.
A cursory research into the name which the applicant desires to assume indicates that Merwon is the name of a well-known…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- In re JamaCivil Court of the City of New York · 1966
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