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BEYAH v. SHELTON

Record No. 830625.

344 S.E.2d 909 (1986)

Nathan BEYAH v. Edrow Rasheedah Beyah SHELTON, etc.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

June 13, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bessida Cauthorne White, Richmond, for appellant.

No brief or argument for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.

STEPHENSON, Justice.

This appeal is from an order entered in a change-of-name proceeding brought by the mother of a minor child born out of wedlock. See Code § 8.01-217. The trial court, over the objection of the child's natural father, ordered the child's name changed. The court stated that the father had no "right to object" to the change of name because he and the child's mother were never married. Additionally, the court found that the change of name...

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