MATTER OF HAVELL v. ISLAM


304 A.D.2d 347 (2003)

760 N.Y.S.2d 407

In the Matter of THERESA HAVELL, Respondent, v. AFTAB ISLAM, Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

Decided April 3, 2003.


The record establishes to the satisfaction of this Court that the requirements of Civil Rights Law § 63 have been met: the petition is true; there is no reasonable objection to the change of name proposed; and the interests of the infants will be substantially promoted by the change. It is well documented that appellant Aftab Islam committed a brutal assault against his former wife, to which three of the minors were witness. Appellant has no absolute right to perpetuate...

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