Collinsworth v. O'CONNELL

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that a court may change a minor’s last name over objection only when the evidence establishes it is in the child’s best interest to do so
• “This standard, emphasizing best interests of the child rather than parents, would accord effect to the same factors governing custody.”
• “This standard, emphasizing best interest of the child rather than parents, would accord effect to the same factors governing custody.”
• the trial court’s paternity judgment did not permit changing the child’s last name from the mother’s last name to the father’s last name unless the record affirmatively showed that such change was required for the child’s welfare

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).