HUTCHESON v. TAYLOR

No. 1D10-0576.

43 So.3d 921 (2010)

Kendahl Diane HUTCHESON, Appellant, v. Stephen Gregory TAYLOR, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

September 13, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher B. Norris of Bajoczky Fournier & Norris, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Marilyn K. Morris , Tallahassee, for Appellee.


VAN NORTWICK, J.

Kendahl Hutcheson appeals a final order which changes the surname of a child born to her outside of a marriage. Because the final order does not articulate how a name change is in the child's best interest and the record does not show that the name change is required for the welfare of the child, we reverse.

On September 22, 2006, the child Kaelyn was born. There is no dispute that Stephen Gregory...

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