WAGES v. STATE

No. 4D13-4844.

160 So.3d 100 (2015)

The NAME CHANGE OF James Patric WAGES, Jr., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

March 18, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian S. Jacobson of Brian Jacobson Law, PL, Miami, for appellant.

No appearance for appellee.


We reverse the trial court's dismissal of appellant's amended petition for name change. The court thought the name change was being sought for a fraudulent purpose. Without holding an evidentiary hearing, the court could not dismiss this facially sufficient petition.

Wages was born in 1962 as James Solomon, the surname of his...

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