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RIBEIRO v. MONAHAN

No. 86-206-Appeal.

524 A.2d 586 (1987)

Toni M. RIBEIRO v. John T. MONAHAN.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

April 23, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Hutton, Hutton & Hickey, Providence, for plaintiff.

Thomas Madonna, Providence, for defendant.

OPINION

KELLEHER, Justice.

The disputants in this Family Court appeal are the unmarried parents of a three-year-old girl. The father seeks to have the daughter's surname changed from Ribeiro to Monahan. This change-in-name petition was originally considered and granted by a Family Court master. However, the mother appealed the grant, and a Family Court justice subsequently sustained her appeal.

The father...

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