Legal Opinion
Jaynes
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided December 16, 2015No. AC 14-P-1248PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBlake, J.
On June 18, 2012, Charles Jaynes filed a petition pursuant to G. L. c. 210, § 12, to change his name, 1 citing in support of his request his “Wiccan religious tenets.” After a hearing, a judge of the Probate and Family Court denied the petition. On appeal, Jaynes argues that the judge abused her discretion and that the denial violates the free exercise clause of the First Amendment and the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution; art. 2 of the Massachusetts Declaration of Rights; art. 46 of the Amendments to the Massachusetts Constitution; and the…
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