Sacklow v. Betts

SILVA, J.S.C.

The matter before this court is one of first impression in this state. Plaintiff has petitioned this court to change the parties’ sixteen-year-old transgender child’s name from Veronica Betts to Trevor Adam Betts.1 The question facing this court is the standard to apply and which factors the court should consider. As more fully explained herein, the court finds that the best interest of the child standard should govern the court’s decision and that the following factors should be considered when determining whether a name change is in the minor child’s best interest, where the…