T.J.B. v. G.A.H.

OPINION

HOFFMAN, Judge.

Appellant-petitioner T.J.B. appeals from the denial of her petition to change the name of her minor son, J.N.H., to J.N.B. The facts relevant to appeal are summarized below.

J.N.H. was born to T.J.B. on November 2, 1991. His father is believed to be G.AH. T.J.B. and G.AH. have never been married. No proceedings have been initiated by either party to establish G.A.H.'s paternity of J.N.H. Also, no tests have been conducted to establish that G.A.H. is, in fact, J.N.H.'s father.

Although G.A.H. lived with T.J.B. intermittently after J.N.H.'s birth, he did not contribute to…