Opinion
J-S63003-19 No. 1082 EDA 2019
12-03-2019
IN RE: DAVID LOVELL BREWSTER APPEAL OF: DAVID LOVELL BREWSTER
NON-PRECEDENTIAL DECISION - SEE SUPERIOR COURT I.O.P. 65.37
Appeal from the Order Entered March 22, 2019
In the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County
Civil Division at No(s): January Term, 2019, NO. 704 BEFORE: GANTMAN, P.J.E., MURRAY, J., and STRASSBURGER, J. MEMORANDUM BY GANTMAN, P.J.E.:
Retired Senior Judge assigned to the Superior Court.
Appellant, David Lovell Brewster, appeals from the order entered in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas, which denied his petition for name change. We affirm.
The trial court opinion set forth the relevant facts and procedural history of this case. Therefore, we have no reason to restate them.
Appellant raises the following issue for our review:
WHETHER THE [TRIAL] COURT ERRED WHEN IT REFUSED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE LIBERTIES INVOKED BY THE FIRST AMENDMENT OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION BEING IN A PREFERRED POSITION TO THE STATUTORY PROVISION USED TO DENY APPELLANT.(Appellant's Brief at 8).
After a thorough review of the record, Appellant's brief, the applicable law, and the well-reasoned opinion of the Honorable Edward C. Wright, we conclude Appellant's issue merits no relief. The trial court opinion comprehensively discusses and properly disposes of the question presented. ( See Trial Court Opinion, filed May 21, 2019, at 2-3) (finding: Appellant was on county probation and state parole at time of hearing on his petition for name change; court properly denied petition under 54 Pa.C.S.A. § 702(c), which prohibits name change when person is subject to probation or parole; Appellant waived any issue concerning trial court's alleged conflict of interest, for failure to raise that claim at hearing). Accordingly, we affirm on the basis of the trial court's opinion.
Order affirmed. Judgment Entered. /s/_________
Joseph D. Seletyn, Esq.
Prothonotary Date: 12/3/19
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