IN RE APPLICATION OF LAWRENCE


133 N.J. Super. 408 (1975)

337 A.2d 49

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF BONNIE LEE DANIELS LAWRENCE, ALSO KNOWN AS BONNIE LEE DANIELS, FOR LEAVE TO ASSUME THE NAME BONNIE LEE DANIELS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided April 2, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Adam Lawrence argued the cause for the appellant (Mr. Adam Lawrence, Ms. Bonnie Lee Daniels on the brief).

Messrs. Fuerst & Singer, attorneys for Virginia Discala Kasakoff, Amicus Curiae (Mr. William S. Singer, on the brief).

Ms. Nadine Taub, attorney for American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey and Women's Rights Litigation Clinic of Rutgers Law School, amici curiae.

Before Judges LYNCH, ALLCORN and FURMAN.


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

Plaintiff appeals from the denial of her application for a change of name under N.J.S.A. 2A:52-1 from her married to her maiden name. She has been married more than five years. Her husband has consented to her name change. She completed her senior year at law school a few months after the institution of this proceeding. In her complaint she cites as reasons for a resumption of her maiden name that she wishes an identity...

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