Marcus P. v. Matthew M.

FILED August 30, 2022 EDYTHE NASH GAISER, CLERK STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS OF WEST VIRGINIA SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS M. P., Petitioner Below, Petitioner vs.) No. 21-0691 (Jackson County 19-P-48) M. M., Respondent Below, Respondent MEMORANDUM DECISION Petitioner M.P. (“the biological father”) appeals the order of the Circuit Court of Jackson County, entered on August 3, 2021, denying his petition to change the surname of his biological child (“the child”). 1 Respondent M.M. (“the legal father”), the former spouse of the child’s mother, who for several years believed…