M.R.H. v. J.N.P.

No. ED 97338.

385 S.W.3d 494 (2012)

M.R.H., Respondent, v. J.N.P., Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Three.

Motion For Rehearing and/or Transfer to Supreme Court Denied December 13, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cheryl A. Rafert , St. Louis, MO, for Appellant.

Melissa Lynne Moss , St. Louis, MO, for Respondent.


ROY L. RICHTER, Judge.

J.N.P. ("Mother"), biological mother of M.R.H. ("Child"), appeals from the judgment of the trial court following a paternity suit brought by M.R.H. ("Father") in the Circuit Court of St. Louis County. Mother argues the trial court erred in failing to grant her request to change Child's surname from Father's alone, to a hyphenated combination of both Mother and Father's surnames. Finding no error, we affirm.

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