IN RE MARRIAGE OF OMELSON

No. 82-45.

112 Ill. App.3d 725 (1983)

445 N.E.2d 951

In re MARRIAGE OF VICKI OMELSON, a/k/a Vicki Nichols, Petitioner, and ROBERT G. OMELSON, Respondent-Appellant. — (Lori Omelson, by Vicki Omelson, her Mother and Next Friend, Petitioner-Appellee.)

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed February 18, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Sprague, of Sprague, Sprague & Ysursa, of Belleville, for appellant.

Robert E. Wells, Jr., of Pessin, Baird & Wells, of Belleville, for appellee.


Order reversed.

JUSTICE JONES delivered the opinion of the court:

Respondent father appeals from an order of the trial court which granted a petition to change the surname of his minor daughter to that of the new husband of his ex-wife, the mother of his child. We reverse.

The respondent, Robert G. Omelson (father), and Vicki Omelson (mother) were married on May 5, 1972, in St. Clair. One child, Lori, the petitioner, was born of the marriage on May...

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