Summary
reversing the order changing the child's name because the conclusory assertions made by the father were insufficient to support a name change
Summary of this case from Doyle v. OwensOpinion
Case No. 1D03-2292.
Opinion filed January 8, 2004.
An appeal from Circuit Court for Levy County. Robert P. Cates, Judge.
Ned I. Price and Denise M. Delorenzo, Jacksonville, for Appellant.
Allison E. Folds of Folds Walker, Gainesville, for Appellee.
This is an appeal from a final order changing the surname of the parties' minor child from Aqui to Sasser. Because the conclusory assertions made by the appellee/father, upon which it appears the trial court based its ruling, are insufficient to support a name change under this court's decisional law, the order is reversed. Bardin v. Department of Revenue, 720 So.2d 609 (Fla. 1st DCA 1998); Collinsworth v. O'Connell, 508 So.2d 744 (Fla. 1st DCA 1987).
WOLF, C.J., ALLEN and DAVIS, JJ., CONCUR.