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MATTER OF BOQUIN

24 Misc.3d 473 (2009)

875 N.Y.S.2d 788

In the Matter of CARLO F. ZELAYA BOQUIN, for Leave to Change His Name to CARLO F. ZELAYA BOQUIN QUINN.

Supreme Court, Westchester County.

Decided April 1, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Juliette S. Levin, New York City, for petitioner.

OPINION OF THE COURT

WILLIAM J. GIACOMO, J.

Petitioner seeks to change his name from Carlo F. Zelaya Boquin to Carlo F. Zelaya Boquin Quinn to formally adopt the last name he has used his whole life, "Quinn," which is the surname of the couple that raised him.

Although one does not need permission of the court to change one's name (Smith v United States Cas. Co., 197 N.Y. 420 [1910]),1 public policy favors a court...

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