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IN RE APPLICATION OF FERNER

295 N.J. Super. 409 (1996)

685 A.2d 78

IN RE APPLICATION OF ROSA LINDA FERNER TO ASSUME THE NAME KORIANDER.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division Somerset County.

Decided August 5, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rosa Linda Ferner, Pro Se, applicant.

Deborah T. Poritz, Attorney General of New Jersey, (John K. Worthington, Deputy Attorney General) submitted a letter-brief and argued.

ASHRAFI, J.S.C.

In this unusual application for a legal name change, the court must decide whether to sanction the official use of a single name. The applicant is an unmarried adult woman without any dependents.

Very little legal authority exists in this country on the precise issue presented here: whether the law permits official adoption of a single name. Although courts in New York have twice answered no...

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