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· 12/19/1917

People v. LaBow

Citations

  • 282 Ill. 227

How courts have described this case

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  • reversing the trial court’s decision to give a child the paternal surname where the only evidence supporting the change was that the father would have liked for his “honorable name” to be carried on
  • trial court abused discretion in ordering minor child assume father's surname pursuant to paternity order inasmuch as he failed to show name change in child's best interest
  • trial court abused discretion in ordering minor child assume father's surname pursuant to paternity order inasmuch as he failed to show name change in child's best interest

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Judges: Cooke

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