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IN RE MERCHANT

No. 1D15-1568.

185 So.3d 1282 (2016)

In re The Name Change of Jason Lane MERCHANT, Appellant.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

February 26, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin James Stevenson of ACLU Foundation of Florida, Pensacola; Nancy Abudu and Daniel B. Tilley of ACLU Foundation of Florida, Miami; and John Glassman of John Glassman, P.A., Pensacola, Cooperating Attorney for the ACLU Foundation of Florida, for Appellant.

Jason Lane Merchant appeals the denial of a verified petition for name change. The trial court determined that Merchant's petition was procedurally barred as res judicata because a name change petition involving Merchant was previously heard by a predecessor judge and denied. "Under the doctrine of res judicata, a subsequent action is barred...

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