In Re the Change of Name of L.M.G.

SABERS, Justice (on reassignment).

[¶ 1.] We determine whether a trial court abused its discretion in ordering the name change of L.M.G. from W.G.’s (Mother) married name to R.P.’s (Father) surname. L.M.G. was conceived during an affair between Mother and Father. Mother was married at the time and eventually reconciled with her husband. Mother listed her husband’s surname on daughter’s birth certificate. Father subsequently petitioned to change daughter’s surname to his own. After the trial court ordered *73L.M.G.’s surname name to be changed to Father’s surname, Mother appealed. We reverse.

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