CALLOWAY v. SHIRLEY

No. 1D10-6174.

61 So.3d 1240 (2011)

Olivia CALLOWAY, Mother, Appellant, v. Benjamin SHIRLEY, Father, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

May 23, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bradley G. Johnson of Johnson & Green, P.A., Milton, for Appellant.

Michael Gibson of Gibson & Jarvis, P.A., Pace, for Appellee.


PER CURIAM.

The sole issue in this appeal concerns whether, after ruling that Appellee is the biological father of the child born out of wedlock on March 31, 2004, to Appellant, the trial court erred in changing the child's legal surname at Appellee's request. We conclude the record lacks competent, substantial evidence establishing the name change is in the child's best interests. See Hutcheson v. Taylor, 43 So.3d 921, 922...

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