Acevedo v. Burley

994 P.2d 389 (1999)

Gustavo ACEVEDO, Appellant,

v.

Denise BURLEY, N/K/A Denise Liberty, Appellee.

No. S-8079.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

December 30, 1999.

Gustavo Acevedo, pro se, Bethel.

Christopher R. Cooke, Hedland, Brennan, Heideman & Cooke, Bethel, for Appellee.

Before MATTHEWS, Chief Justice, COMPTON, EASTAUGH, FABE, and BRYNER, Justices.

OPINION

MATTHEWS, Chief Justice.

The question presented is whether the trial court should have enjoined a divorced mother from changing the surname of her child without following statutory change of name standards. In accordance with the weight of authority in…