Legal Opinion
Hardy v. Hardy
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided July 5, 1973No. [No. 339, September Term, 1972.]PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDigges, J.
This is an appeal from the Circuit Court for Dorchester County where Judge Mace, sitting in equity, decreed that the name of a five year old child, James Lucian Hardy, be changed to Lucian Eugene Creighton. The decree was passed under the BH Subtitle of Chapter 1100 of the Maryland Rules 1 on March 30, 1972, the same day the name change petition was filed on behalf of the infant by his mother, Nancy Jane Hogan. Accompanying the petition was a motion seeking a waiver of the normal requirement of Rule BH72 a that there be notice by publication of the applied for change. This motion alleged that:
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Stanley v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Weber v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Levy v. Louisiana Ex Rel. Charity HospitalSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Romans v. State of MarylandCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1940
- Stuart v. Board of Supervisors of ElectionsCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1972
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Maryland Lumber Co. v. Savoy Construction Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1979
- In Re Zachary Thomas Andrew GrimesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1992
- Early v. EarlyCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1995
- In re Change of Name of GrimesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1992
- Costello v. McFaddenSupreme Court of Iowa · 1996
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