Legal Opinion

In re Boyd

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided November 10, 1993No. 93-00301PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PATTERSON, Judge.

The appellant challenges the order denying his petition for a name change. We agree that the trial court erred in summarily denying the petition and reverse.

A trial court should grant a petition for name change if the petition is facially sufficient and no showing has been made that the change was sought for wrongful purposes. Isom v. Circuit Court of the Tenth Judicial Circuit, 437 So.2d 732 (Fla. 2d DCA 1983). The court has the discretion to order a hearing to determine the truthfulness of the allegations in the petition. Casey v. State, 604 So.2d 1281 (Fla. 5th DCA 1992).

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2Cases cited3 opinions

Gosby v. Third Judicial CircuitSupreme Court of Florida · 1991
Isom v. CIR. COURT OF TENTH JUDICIAL CIR.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1983
Casey v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1992

3Cited by3 opinions

Hoyos v. SingletaryDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1994
In re Name Change Petition of SuberDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1996
In re for Petition Name Change from Gessner to SpagoneDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1994