Opinion
March 30, 1998
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Blydenburgh, J.).
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The Supreme Court did not improvidently exercise its discretion in granting the plaintiff father's motion to change the surname of the parties' infant son to his surname, while employing the mother's maiden name as a middle name (see, McDonald v. McDonald, 196 A.D.2d 7, 13). Under the circumstances of this case, the infant's interests will be substantially promoted by this name change (see, Civil Rights Law § 63).
O'Brien, J. P., Ritter, Thompson, Friedmann and Goldstein, JJ., concur.