Lazow v. Lazow

How courts have described this case

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• holding that a minor's surname may be changed \only where the record affirmatively shows that such change is required for the welfare of the minor.\
• holding that a minor's surname may be changed \only where the record affirmatively shows that such change is required for the welfare of the minor.\
• questioning the ability of a 12 year old to form an “independent” preference
• “To change the name of a minor ... is a serious matter, and such action may be taken only where the record affirmatively shows that such change is required for the welfare of the minor.”
• “To change the name of a minor ... is a serious matter, and such action may be taken only where the record affirmatively shows that such change is required for the welfare of the minor.”
• the possible adverse effect on the relationship between a father and his child was a valid ground for refusing to change the child’s last name from his father’s last name to his mother’s maiden name

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).