GOMES v. CANDIDO

Nos. 20-P-1015 & 20-P-1016.

99 Mass. App. Ct. 825 (2021)

JASON EMANUEL GOMES v. CHRISTINE MARIE CANDIDO (and a companion case).

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Bristol.

July 2, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Amy S. Mello for the mother.

Karen O. Young for the father.

Present: Rubin, Kinder, & Desmond, JJ.


The issue in these two cases, paired for our consideration on appeal, is whether a judge of the Probate and Family Court properly concluded that it was in the best interests of the subject three year old twins for their surname to be changed from that of their mother, which was given to them at birth, to that of their father. Because...

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