MATTER OF ELLERBY


99 Misc.2d 691 (1979)

In the Matter of Tanya A. Ellerby, Also Known as Tana A. Elleby, an Infant, by Her Guardian, Maria Edwards, Petitioner.

Civil Court of the City of New York, Special Term, Kings County.

March 26, 1979


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gretchen Sprague for petitioner.


ANNE G. FELDMAN, J.

Infant petitioner's motion to proceed as a poor person, to change her name, and to require the City of New York to pay full cost of the publication required by section 63 of the Civil Rights Law is denied.

In denying the relief requested, the court is not ruling on either the merits of plaintiff's claim to be a person in need of such relief, or the benefits to her of a name change. Rather, its ruling is restricted to a finding...

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