PETITION OF VARIABLE FOR CHANGE OF NAME v. NASH

No. 28,488.

190 P.3d 354 (2008)

2008-NMCA-105

In the Matter of the PETITION OF VARIABLE for Change of Name, Petitioner-Appellant, v. District Court Judge Nan G. NASH, Respondent-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

June 27, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Variable, Los Alamos, NM, Pro Se Appellant.

Gary K. King, Attorney General, Santa Fe, NM, for Appellee.


OPINION

FRY, Judge.

{1} Petitioner appeals the denial of his name change request. In our notice, we proposed to affirm. Petitioner has timely responded. Not persuaded by his arguments, we affirm.

{2} Petitioner filed a request in district court to change his name to "Fuck Censorship!" The district court denied the request stating that the "proposed name change would be obscene, offensive and

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