Riggins v. Stirgus

MILLER, Presiding Judge.

Essa Riggins appeals from the trial court’s order granting Eric Stirgus’s application to change their son’s surname from “Riggins” to “Riggins Stirgus.”1 Riggins contends that the trial court erred in granting Stirgus’s application for a name change in the absence of evidence establishing that the name change was in the best interests of her son. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.

It is well established that factual findings made by a trial court when sitting without a jury will not be disturbed on appeal unless they are clearly erroneous or wholly unsupported…