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PIOTROWSKI v. PIOTROWSKI

Docket No. 26085.

71 Mich. App. 213 (1976)

247 N.W.2d 354

PIOTROWSKI v. PIOTROWSKI

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided September 8, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martz, Solner, McGuire & Fitzpatrick, for plaintiff.

Yuille, Zeleznik, Plourde & Russell, for defendant.

Before: BASHARA, P.J., and M.F. CAVANAGH and D.T. ANDERSON, JJ.

M.F. CAVANAGH, J.

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment of divorce of September 24, 1975, and claims error in the trial court's denial of plaintiff's request to have her maiden name restored.

Under the common law a person may adopt any name he or she wishes, without resort to any court and without any legal proceedings, provided it is not done for fraudulent purposes. See Kruzel v Podell,

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