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D.W. v. T.L.

No. 2011-1979.

134 Ohio St.3d 515 (2012)

2012-Ohio-5743

D.W., Appellee, v. T.L., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided December 6, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Whitaker & Shade, L.L.C., and Neal W. Duiker , for appellee.

Ginger S. Bock Law Office, Inc., and Ginger S. Bock , for appellant.

CUPP, J.

{¶ 1} This appeal concerns a trial court's decision granting a request to change the surname of a child, who was born to unmarried parents, from the surname of the mother as listed on the birth certificate to the surname of the father, over the mother's objections. For the reasons that follow, we determine that the decision to change the child's surname was not supported by sufficient evidence as a matter of law. Therefore,...

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