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APPLICATION OF SAXTON

No. 50811.

309 N.W.2d 298 (1981)

In the Matter of the Application of Audrey Davis SAXTON, mother and natural guardian of Robert Lynwood Dennis and Jessica Campbell Dennis, minors, to change their names to Robert Lynwood Saxton-Dennis and Jessica Campbell Saxton-Dennis.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

August 21, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terrance J. Selb, Edina, for appellant.

Carlson Greiner & Law and H. Louise Olson, Minneapolis, for respondent.

Heard, considered, and decided by the court en banc.

OTIS, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of the district court, Fourth Judicial District, denying Audrey Saxton's petition on behalf of her minor children to change their given surnames to a hyphenated surname consisting of their mother's maiden name and their father's surname. Four issues are presented: first, whether the trial court's reliance on our opinion in Robinson v. Hansel, 302 Minn. 34, 223 N.W.2d 138 (1974...

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