MATTER OF IVERSON

No. 89-519.

786 P.2d 1 (1990)

In the Matter of the Petition for Change of Name of James Joseph IVERSON, a Minor Child, Karon Lynn Hepp, Petitioner and Appellant, and Ronald Edward Iverson, Respondent and Respondent.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided January 24, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James D. Elshoff, Great Falls, for petitioner and appellant.

E. Lee LeVeque, Conklin, Nybo, LeVeque & Murphy, Great Falls, for respondent and respondent.


McDONOUGH, Justice.

Karon Lynn Hepp filed a petition for name change of James Joseph Iverson, a minor child, on May 5, 1989. A hearing on the matter was held and on August 7, 1989, the District Court for the Eighth Judicial District, Cascade County, dismissed the petition. We affirm.

The sole issue on appeal is:

Whether the District Court abused its discretion when it denied Karon Hepp's petition for change of name.

On May 26, 1988, Karon Hepp...

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