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IN RE KIDDER

541 A.2d 630 (1988)

In re Dustin James KIDDER.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided May 31, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey R. Burns (orally), Preti, Flaherty, Beliveau & Pachios, Rumford, for plaintiff.

Edward S. David (orally), Cloutier, Joyce, Dumas & David, Livermore Falls, for defendant.

Before McKUSICK, C.J., and ROBERTS, WATHEN, GLASSMAN and SCOLNIK, JJ.

SCOLNIK, Justice.

Judy Barber appeals the judgment of the Oxford County Probate Court dismissing her petition to change the name of her minor son, Dustin James Kidder. The Probate Court denied the petition on the basis that Judy Barber cannot unilaterally change her son's name when she shares parental rights and responsibilities with the child's father, James Kidder, and he opposes the petition. We affirm the judgment.

By a divorce judgment dated May 1, 1986...

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