Petition for Change of Name of Harris

236 S.E.2d 426 (1977)

PETITION for Change of Name of Cynthia Louise HARRIS to Cynthia Louise Struble.

PETITION for Change of Name of James Edward HARRIS III to James Paul Struble.

Nos. 13840, 13841.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

June 21, 1977.

Concurring Opinion July 27, 1977.

William B. Carey, Berkeley Springs, for petitioner.

NEELY, Justice:

The Court granted these two appeals and consolidated them for decision in order to settle the law in this State on the right of a divorced woman with minor children to change her name and the right of the guardian of a minor child to have the…