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MATTER OF CORTEZ

No. 1 CA-CV 19-0266.

453 P.3d 813 (2019)

In the MATTER OF: Valeria CORTEZ, Applicant/Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1.

FILED December 3, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ACLU Foundation of Arizona, Phoenix, By Molly Patricia Brizgys , Co-Counsel for Appellant.

Southern Arizona Gender Alliance, Inc., Tucson, By Abigail Jensen Co-Counsel for Appellant.

Judge David D. Weinzweig delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Presiding Judge Randall M. Howe and Judge Maurice Portley joined.

OPINION

¶1 This case requires us to decide whether an applicant must show good cause to change names under A.R.S. § 12-601. The superior court here summarily denied—with prejudice —Valeria Cortez's application to change names for lack of good cause. We reverse and remand because good cause is not...

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