ARNETT v. MATTHEWS

No. P-15.

259 So.2d 535 (1972)

Roy D. ARNETT, Appellant, v. William R. MATTHEWS, Jr., Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

March 23, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis F. Ray, Jr., of Holsberry, Emmanuel, Sheppard, Mitchell & Condon, Pensacola, for appellant.

Emory O. Williams, Jr., of Phillips, Williams, McGraw & Cetti, Pensacola, for appellee.


CARROLL, DONALD K., Acting Chief Judge.

The respondent in an adoption proceeding has appealed from a final judgment entered by the Escambia County Court of Record, denying the adoption but granting a change of the subject child's surname from that of the respondent to that of the petitioner.

The sole question presented for our determination in this appeal is whether the said court erred in changing the name of the...

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