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PETITION OF TWO MINORS FOR CHANGE OF NAME

No. 05-P-120.

65 Mass. App. Ct. 850 (2006)

PETITION OF TWO MINORS FOR CHANGE OF NAME.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Plymouth.

March 31, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Berman for the mother.

Present: Armstrong, C.J., Brown, & Mills, JJ.

BROWN, J.

The mother (mother), the former wife of the father (father), brought a petition in the Probate and Family Court on behalf of her two minor children (children) seeking to change the children's surname from that the father to that of her present husband, the children's stepfather (stepfather).1 After a hearing, the judge denied the request for change of name, stating that it would not be in the best interests of the children.<...

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