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MATTER OF POWELL

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95 A.D.3d 1631 (2012)

2012 NY Slip Op 4260

In the Matter of JHIRARD TAHIEM POWELL, Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department.

Decided May 31, 2012.

MERCURE, J.

Petitioner, a prison inmate who was born male but self-identifies as female, commenced a proceeding for a legal name change to Shaniece Nyasia Powell. Although there was no objection by the parties required to be notified, Supreme Court denied the application, prompting petitioner's appeal.* We now reverse.

A court's authority to review an application for a name change is...

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