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MATTER OF ECK

245 N.J. Super. 220 (1991)

584 A.2d 859

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF JOHN WILLIAM ECK FOR LEAVE TO ASSUME THE NAME OF TINA LINDSAY.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided January 11, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ruth E. Harlow, admitted pro hac vice, argued the cause for appellant (Margaret A. Kean, Volunteer Counsel on behalf of American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey, attorney).

Before Judges PRESSLER, BAIME and ARNOLD M. STEIN.

The opinion of the court was delivered by ARNOLD M. STEIN, J.A.D.

Petitioner John William Eck's request for a name change to Tina Lindsay was denied by the Law Division judge because "it is inherently fraudulent for a person who is physically a male to assume an obviously `female' name for the sole purpose of representing himself to future employers and society as a female." We reverse.

Petitioner, born John William Eck on August 3, 1941, has been divorced...

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