Lassiter-Geers v. Reichenbach

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• when there is no agreement between the parties about what the initial surname of a child should be, the test is what is in the best interest of the child
• parents married but separated when child born and mother gave child her maiden name on birth certificate with no agreement with father; in divorce proceedings father petitioned for child to have his surname

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