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MATTER OF LIANO BELL v. BELL

2008-08810.

67 A.D.3d 676 (2009)

886 N.Y.S.2d 909

2009 NY Slip Op 08006

In the Matter of ARIANA MARIE LIANO BELL, an Infant, by GARY L. LIANO, Her Natural Father, Appellant, v. DARLENE M. BELL, Respondent.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department.

Decided November 4, 2009.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

The Supreme Court properly denied the father's petition to change the surname of the parties' daughter. The father failed to sustain his burden of establishing that the child's interests would be substantially promoted by changing her surname, and that there was no reasonable objection to the proposed name change (see Civil Rights Law § 63; Matter of Wilson v Kilkenny,

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