DORSEY v. TARPLEY

No. 95, Sept. Term, 2003.

847 A.2d 445 (2004)

381 Md. 109

Dea Michelle DORSEY v. Brendin D. TARPLEY.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

May 6, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott L. Little (The Law Offices of Scott L. Little, on brief), Upper Marlboro, for appellant.

Brian D. Wise (Fait & Wise, LLP, on brief), Rockville, for appellee.

Argued before BELL, C.J., RAKER, WILNER, CATHELL, HARRELL, BATTAGLIA, GREENE, JJ.


HARRELL, Judge.

Alexander Craig Dorsey ("the Child") was born on 5 September 2000 in Montgomery County, Maryland. His name appeared as such on the birth certificate. The Child's biological parents were not married at the time, nor did they marry subsequently. On 14 January 2003, Brendin D. Tarpley ("the Father"), Appellee, filed in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County a Petition for Name Change seeking to change the surname of the Child from Dorsey to Dorsey-Tarpley...

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