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IN RE: BENITEZ

No. 3D17-1502.

250 So.3d 153 (2018)

IN RE: The Name Change of Maria Fernanda BENITEZ, Appellant.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Opinion filed June 13, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sandy T. Fox ; Cynthia L. Greene , for appellant.

Before ROTHENBERG, C.J., and SALTER and SCALES, JJ.

Maria Fernanda Benitez ("Ms. Benitez"), as the mother of a three-year-old child ("W.M.B."), appeals a circuit court order denying her petition to change W.M.B.'s first name. The issue presented apparently is one of first impression in Florida: may the court dispense with the statutory requirement...

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