This is an appeal from an application by the mother of an infant to change the latter's name. The infant was born out of wedlock and given the last name of his putative father. His mother, the moving party, has since married and seeks to have the child's name changed to that of her husband. A complicating factor is that it appears that her husband is presently incarcerated. Special Term denied the application upon the ground that it would not be in the best interest of the...
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