IN RE STAROS

No. 62342.

280 N.W.2d 409 (1979)

In re the Name of Arwen Marie STAROS, Petitioner, by her next friend, Patricia B. Sheppard, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

June 27, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sharon A. Mellon of Student Legal Services, Iowa City, and Mary E. W. Robinson, Cedar Rapids, for appellant.

Bruce Washburn, Iowa City, guardian ad litem for petitioner child.

James V. Staros, natural father of petitioner child, pro se.

Considered by REYNOLDSON, C. J., and LeGRAND, REES, HARRIS and ALLBEE, JJ.


REES, Justice.

This appeal is brought by Patricia B. Sheppard, the mother and next friend of Arwen Marie Staros, a minor, from the order of the trial court dismissing her petition to change the minor's name to Arwen Marie Sheppard-Staros. We conclude chapter 674, The Code 1977, under which the action was brought, does not permit the granting of the relief sought, and affirm the trial court.

The sole issue involved in this case is whether the district court...

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