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MATTER OF GOLDSTEIN

104 A.D.2d 616 (1984)

In the Matter of Kimberly G. Goldstein, Respondent. David S. Goldstein, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

September 12, 1984

Order affirmed, with costs. The stay of this court in this matter dated September 6, 1984, is hereby vacated.

Depriving a child of his or her father's surname is normally a far-reaching action (see Matter of Pollack, 2 A.D.2d 756). Applications for the change of an infant's surname are usually granted only where the natural father is guilty of misconduct, abandonment, or lack of support (see, e.g., Matter of Williams<...

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