MATTER OF PETRAS


123 Misc.2d 665 (1984)

In the Matter of Angela J. Petras, an Infant, by Her Mother Darcia T. Petras, to Change Her Name to Angela J. Tsengoles, Petitioner.

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

March 19, 1984


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Sotirakis for petitioner. Thomas A. Ga Donna, Also Known as Thomas J. Petras, pro se.


WILLIAM D. FRIEDMANN, J.

The legislative findings, declaration provisions and tests of the new "Incarcerated Parents Law" (L 1983, ch 911, eff Jan. 1, 1984), should be read into any change of name proceeding under article 6 of the Civil Rights Law affecting an incarcerated parent.

Petitioner mother, pursuant to article 6 of the Civil Rights Law, seeks to change her 10-year-old daughter's last name, from the surname of her former husband and father...

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