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MOTHER’S APPLICATION TO CHANGE THE CHILD’S NAME BY ADDING MOTHER’S LAST NAME TO FATHER’S LAST NAME (HYPHENATED) WAS PROPERLY GRANTED (THIRD DEPT).

The Third Department determined mother’s application to add her last name to the father’s last name for the child (hyphenated) was properly granted. Mother and father are separated and mother has sole custody. Having both last names will facilitate dealing with the child’s medical care:

Pursuant to Civil Rights Law article 6, an application to change a child’s name shall be granted as long as the court is satisfied that the petition is true, there is no reasonable objection to the proposed name change by the opposing party and the child’s interests will be substantially promoted by the change (see Civil Rights Law § 63 …). The evidence at the hearing demonstrated that the mother is the primary legal and physical custodian of the child, with the father having parenting time with the child every other weekend for a four-hour time period. The mother testified that the child suffers from a medical condition that requires frequent visits with medical providers and, because she does not presently share her surname with the child, this fact regularly presents confusion and difficultly when dealing not only with the child’s medical and insurance providers, but also with the child’s school, pharmacy and the various foundations where she has applied for grants pertaining to the child’s diagnosis. Moreover, the child recently started kindergarten, is “very curious” and has asked the mother numerous questions regarding his family, indicating a preference for his name to reflect both the mother’s and father’s family names. To that end, the mother indicated that she is not seeking to eliminate the father’s surname, but simply to add her surname to create a hyphenated last name that includes both the mother’s and the father’s surnames. Matter of Noah ZZ. (Amanda YY.–Ramon ZZ.), 2020 NY Slip Op 05007, Third Dept 9-17-20

 

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