Legal Opinion
Verrill
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided February 6, 1996No. 94-P-1158PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWarner, C.J.
Ralph Parker Verrill (petitioner) filed a petition in the Probate Court under G. L. c. 210, § 12, seeking to change his name to “Jerry Irish Murphy.” The court dispensed with the publication requirement as delineated in *35G. L. c. 210, § 13, upon the petitioner’s request.1 There was no opposition. After hearing, a probate judge denied the petition. The petitioner appealed. We affirm.
The judge found the following relevant facts which were stipulated to by the petitioner.2 The petitioner is currently serving a life sentence for murder in the Bay State Correctional Center in Norfolk, with the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Secretary of the Commonwealth v. City Clerk of LowellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- BuyarskyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1948
- MerolevitzMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1946
- United States v. DukeDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1978
- In Re RusconiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1960
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Richards v. MasonMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2002
- In re Two Minors for Change of NameMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2006
- JaynesMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2015
- In Re: Petition for Change of Name, Charles GrannisCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2004
- In re RileyMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2018