GRAD EX REL. JANDA v. JEPSON

No. 20020043.

652 N.W.2d 324 (2002)

2002 ND 153

Loretta GRAD, Mother, on behalf of the minor child, Samantha JANDA, Petitioner and Appellant, v. Alen JEPSON, Respondent and Appellee.

Supreme Court of North Dakota.

September 20, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul H. Myerchin, Bormann & Myerchin, LLP, Bismarck, ND, for petitioner and appellant.

Theresa L. Zimmerman (on brief), American Legal Services, Bismarck, ND, for respondent and appellee.


KAPSNER, Justice.

[¶ 1] Loretta Grad appealed from the trial court's dismissal of a petition to change the surname of her minor child. We conclude the trial court did not abuse its discretion in holding the petitioner did not establish "proper and reasonable cause" to change the name of the minor child. We affirm.

I.

[¶ 2] Loretta Grad and Alen Jepson are the parents of minor child, Samantha Janda, born in December 1995. Grad and Jepson...

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