MIKELL, Judge.
Zehrah Victoria Scott ("Zehrah"), by her next friend and mother, Harriette Simmons Scott ("Scott"), appeals the order denying her petition to change her name. We vacate the order and remand the case for the trial court to hold a hearing and enter a new order, taking into account the best interest of the child. The relevant facts follow.
The petition shows that Zehrah was born on May 5, 1992; that her natural father, Morris McCoy, Sr., died on...
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