Girten v. Andreu

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the trial court abused its discretion in changing the surname of the child, and explaining that \[t]he mere fact that paternity has been established does not automatically entitle the father to insist the child be given his surname.\
• holding that the trial court abused its discretion in changing the surname of the child, and explaining that \[t]he mere fact that paternity has been established does not automatically entitle the father to insist the child be given his surname.\
• holding that child support should have been made retroactive
• child's needs begin at birth, and trial court abused its discretion in denying claim for retroactive support
• child's needs begin at birth, and trial court abused its discretion in denying the mother's claim for retroactive support and the father's claim for retroactive credits
• “The mere fact that paternity has been established does not automatically entitle the father to insist the child be given his surname.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).