NIESEN v. NIESEN


38 Wis.2d 599 (1968)

NIESEN, Respondent, v. NIESEN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

April 9, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there was a brief of Harvey, Weber & Gerard and Richard G. Harvey, Jr., attorneys, and Adrian P. Schoone of counsel, all of Racine, and oral argument by Mr. Schoone and Mr. Richard G. Harvey, Jr.

For the respondent there was a brief by Stewart & Peyton and John Peyton, all of Racine, and oral argument by John Peyton.


HALLOWS, C. J.

The facts on the hearing were stipulated and it is claimed by the defendant the two boys by changing their surnames emancipated themselves and thus he was no longer obligated to support them. The issue might well be stated, whether minors of the age of approximately twenty and eighteen years who legally forsake their father's name and embrace the surname of their mother's second husband are entitled to the...

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