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MATTER OF J.M.M. FOR A CHANGE OF NAME

A17-1730.

937 N.W.2d 743 (2020)

In the MATTER OF the Application of J.M.M. O/B/O MINORS FOR A CHANGE OF NAME.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

Filed: January 22, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Katherine S. Barrett Wiik , Best & Flanagan, LLP, Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Haynes J. Hansen , Robins Kaplan LLP, Minneapolis, Minnesota, for appellant.

Michael P. Boulette , Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Christopher W. Bowman , Madigan, Dahl & Harlan, P.A., Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Jenneane Jansen , Lommen Abdo, Minneapolis, Minnesota, for respondent Minnesota State Bar Association.

Rana S. Alexander , Katie Ziomek , Minneapolis, Minnesota, for amici curiae Standpoint and Battered Women's Justice Project.

OPINION

This case requires us to interpret the notice provision found in Minn. Stat. § 259.10 (2018), relating to name-change applications on behalf of minors. Because the language of the notice provision is ambiguous, we construe it in light of its legislative history and in harmony with statutes relating to birth...

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