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MATTER OF J.M.M.

A16-0646.

890 N.W.2d 750 (2017)

In the MATTER OF the Application of J.M.M. o/b/o Minors for a Change of Name.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

Filed February 13, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Katherine S. Barrett Wiik , George D. Carroll , Mohammadee Summra Shariff , Robins Kaplan LLP, Minneapolis, Minnesota (for appellant J.M.M.).

Rana S. Alexander , Battered Women's Legal Advocacy Project, Minneapolis, Minnesota (for amicus curiae Battered Women's Legal Advocacy Project).

Considered and decided by Reyes, Presiding Judge; Johnson, Judge; and Smith, Tracy M., Judge.

OPINION

Appellant J.M.M. applied to the district court to change the surnames of her three minor children. The Minnesota Change of Name Act, Minn. Stat. §§ 259.10-.13 (2016), provides that a minor child's name may not be changed without "both parents" having notice of the application, "whenever practicable...

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