Gibli v. Kadosh

How courts have described this case

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

• child permitted to maintain mother’s surname where mother had custody of child, would be primary caretaking figure for child, and would make major decisions for her
• “ ‘The significant consideration is that the mother has custody * * * [T]he court recognizes that children, as they grow older, generally prefer to use the name of the parent with whom they live.’ ”
• factors include identity and preference of custodial parent

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).