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IN RE MARRIAGE OF PRESSON

No. 58975.

102 Ill.2d 303 (1984)

465 N.E.2d 85

In re MARRIAGE OF HERMAN WAYNE PRESSON, Appellant, and PAMELA S. PRESSON, n/k/a PAMELA S. KELLEY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed May 25, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred W. Potter, of Princeton, for appellant.

Paul H. Vallandigham, of Winkelmann & Winkelmann, of Urbana, for appellees.

Appellate court reversed; circuit court affirmed as modified; cause remanded.

JUSTICE SIMON delivered the opinion of the court:

The question presented here is: Can the divorced father of a seven-year-old boy prevent the child from being called by the surname of his mother's new husband until the child is old enough to legally change his own name?

Herman Wayne Presson (Wayne) and Pamela S. Presson (Pamela) were divorced in 1979. At that time their son...

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