MATTER OF DOE


3 Misc.3d 648 (2003)

773 N.Y.S.2d 215

In the Matter of the Application of JANE DOE, Individually and as Mother and Natural Guardian of JANE ROE and Another, Petitioner, to Change Their Names.

Civil Court of the City of New York, New York County.

December 23, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jane Doe petitioner pro se.


OPINION OF THE COURT

LUCY BILLINGS, J.

I. Background

Petitioner mother and guardian of her daughter and son, who reside with petitioner, seeks a court order changing her name and her children's names because petitioner is a domestic violence victim; her abuser knows all her identifying information; and she fears that her and her children's lives and safety are in serious jeopardy unless she and her children change their names. (Civil...

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