EGNER v. EGNER


133 N.J. Super. 403 (1975)

337 A.2d 46

ARAX EGNER, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. GEORGE EGNER, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT. BARBARA GLORIA WALLS, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. JAMES WALLS, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT. LOIS A. COON, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. HOWARD M. COON, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided April 2, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ms. Nadine Taub argued the cause for the appellant Arax Egner.

Ms. Phyllis G. Warren and Ms. Linda Rosenzweig argued the cause for appellant Barbara Walls (Camden Regional Legal Services, Inc., on the brief).

Mr. Edward S. Snyder argued the cause for the appellant Lois Coon (Ms. Anne W. Elwell on the brief).

Before Judges LYNCH, ALLCORN and FURMAN.


FURMAN, J.S.C., Temporarily Assigned.

Plaintiffs were granted uncontested divorces but denied leave to resume their maiden names, although without opposition from their husbands. All are mothers of a minor child or children. Three judges in three counties reached this result, relying on the dictum, without citation of authority, in W. v. H., 103 N.J.Super. 24 (Ch. Div. 1968), that "it is against the

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