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TRAUGOTT v. PETIT

No. 77-319-Appeal.

404 A.2d 77 (1979)

Kathryn M. TRAUGOTT v. Eugene PETIT, Registrar.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

July 27, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sheila Cabral-Sousa, Providence, for plaintiff.

Francis J. Darigan, Jr., Providence, for respondent.

OPINION

BEVILACQUA, Chief Justice.

Kathryn M. Traugott (Traugott) is appealing from a Superior Court judgment that decreed, inter alia, that married women, including Traugott, who wish to register a motor vehicle or apply for an operator's license must use their Christian names followed by their husband's surnames.

Traugott, who was formerly married, used the surname of her husband during the period of her marriage. Her divorce decree, issued...

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