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· 5/22/2007

Davitt v. City of New York

Citations

  • 40 A.D.3d 908
  • 836 N.Y.S.2d 651

How courts have described this case

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  • “[A] father has a recognized interest in having his child bear his surname ... [but] neither parent has a superior right to determine the surname of the child.”

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