{"id":1131,"date":"2013-08-13T09:18:41","date_gmt":"2013-08-13T13:18:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedurstfirm.com\/?p=1131"},"modified":"2013-08-13T09:18:41","modified_gmt":"2013-08-13T13:18:41","slug":"nj-supreme-court-gives-both-parents-an-equal-voice-in-deciding-last-name-of-the-child","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedurstfirm.com\/?p=1131","title":{"rendered":"NJ Supreme Court gives both parents an equal voice in deciding last name of the child"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent NJ Supreme Court decision, the rights of the non-custodial parent were placed on equal footing with those of the parent of primary custody when it comes to establishing the surname of the child.\u00a0 This is an important development in the law for the non-custodial parent.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/echo4.bluehornet.com\/ct\/23004862:23614456562:m:1:2462569399:34C663C0BCDF8122DCADF9C308D80C11:r\"><b>Parents Stand on Equal Footing in Child Name-Change Applications<\/b><\/a><br \/>\nPulling back on a nearly two-decade-old doctrine, New Jersey&#8217;s highest court held Monday that where parents agreed on a child&#8217;s surname at the time of birth, there is no presumption in favor of the custodial parent if the name is later sought to be changed. The unanimous court, in <em>Emma v. Evans<\/em>, A-112-11, applied a different analysis than in <em>Gubernat v. Deremer<\/em>, 140 N.J. 120 (1995), where it found a presumption in favor of the primary custodial parent involving the initial naming of a child born out of wedlock.<!--?xml:namespace prefix = \"o\" ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent NJ Supreme Court decision, the rights of the non-custodial parent were placed on equal footing with those of the parent of primary custody when it comes to establishing the surname of the child.\u00a0 This is an important &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/thedurstfirm.com\/?p=1131\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[28],"tags":[30,58,29,32],"class_list":["post-1131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-durstfirm-news","tag-custody","tag-divo","tag-divorce","tag-durst"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6omM8-if","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":893,"url":"https:\/\/thedurstfirm.com\/?p=893","url_meta":{"origin":1131,"position":0},"title":"NJ Appellate Court clarifies law on relocating out of state with a child","author":"Sandy Durst","date":"September 10, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"As today's society becomes increasingly mobile, divorce parents often find that the need to move from New Jersey after their divorce has been finalized. 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