Legal Opinion
In re Name Change of Peterson
Court of Appeals of Kansas
Decided June 12, 2020No. 121333Unpublished
1Opinion of the Court
NOT DESIGNATED FOR PUBLICATION No. 121,333 IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF KANSAS In the Matter of the Name Change of CEDRIC Y. PETERSON. MEMORANDUM OPINION Appeal from Reno District Court; TRISH ROSE, judge. Opinion filed June 12, 2020. Reversed and remanded. Cedric Y. Peterson, appellant pro se. Jon D. Graves, legal counsel, Kansas Department of Corrections, for appellee. Before LEBEN, P.J., GARDNER, J., and MCANANY, S.J. LEBEN, J.: Cedric Peterson, a Kansas prison inmate, wants to legally change his name to Kabisha Dhoruba-Ali. Kansas law provides a way for someone to do that by…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Carter v. State Department of Social WelfareSupreme Court of Kansas · 1960
- In Re Application to Change NameCourt of Appeals of Kansas · 1985
- Logan v. McPhailSupreme Court of Kansas · 1972
- In re DoeCivil Court of the City of New York · 2003
- Fischer v. RobergeCourt of Appeals of Kansas · 2005