IN RE BOYD

No. 93-00301.

627 So.2d 30 (1993)

In re Petition for Name Change from Robert Paul BOYD to Robert Paul Boyd Coon, Appellant.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

November 10, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Paul Boyd, pro se.


PATTERSON, Judge.

The appellant challenges the order denying his petition for a name change. We agree that the trial court erred in summarily denying the petition and reverse.

A trial court should grant a petition for name change if the petition is facially sufficient and no showing has been made that the change was sought for wrongful purposes. Isom v. Circuit Court of the Tenth Judicial Circuit, 437 So.2d 732 (Fla...

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