HAZEL v. WELLS

No. 94-CA-002842-MR.

918 S.W.2d 742 (1996)

Diana L. HAZEL, Appellant, v. Robert Joseph WELLS, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

As Modified March 22, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James O. Risch, Brown, Benson & Byrne, LLP, Louisville, for appellant.

Bernard G. Watts, Louisville, for appellee.

Before HUDDLESTON, KNOPF and MILLER, JJ.


HUDDLESTON, Judge.

This appeal involves a dispute over the surname of a child born out of wedlock. The facts are undisputed. In 1993, a child was born as a result of the union of Diana Hazel and Robert Wells. At birth, the mother chose to give the child her surname (Hazel). Shortly after the child's birth, Wells filed a petition in Jefferson Family Court to establish paternity and to have the child's surname changed to...

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