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LAWS v. HALE

No. 44,623-CA.

20 So.3d 1154 (2009)

Karen Michelle LAWS, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Robert Allen HALE, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 22, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Fewell, Jr., for Appellant.

Donald L. Kneipp, Monroe, for Appellee.

Before STEWART, GASKINS and DREW, JJ.

DREW, J.

Karen Laws appeals a "Ruling on Motion for Change of Minor's Surname" which authorized Robert Hale, the father of her minor son, "to take additional necessary legal steps to change" the son's surname from Laws to Hale. The contested ruling was signed on September 8, 2008, and filed in the trial court record the following day. We affirm.

FACTS

The minor son, "HFL," was born outside of marriage to Karen Laws and Robert Hale on January 5, 1997...

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