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In Re Guthrie

Citations

  • 45 S.W.3d 719
  • 2001 Tex. App. LEXIS 2175
  • 2001 WL 322785

How courts have described this case

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  • recognizing that “tradition,” standing alone, cannot justify changing a child’s name
  • holding that a father’s voluntary payment of some expenses for the child could have factored into the trial court’s decision to deny retroactive child support 7 even though the payment did not equal the amount that would have been due under statutory guidelines
  • requiring a showing that a name change is in the child's best interest in a voluntary paternity proceeding

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Judges: Justices Fitzgerald, Martin Richter, and Rosenberg

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