District Court, D. Hawaii February 21, 1979, Civ. 77-0244 (Jech v. Burch)

FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

SAMUEL P. KING, Chief Judge.

On March 28, 1977, Alena Jech gave birth to a baby boy. She and her husband, Adolf Befurt, named the boy Adrian. Had they left it at that, there would be no case. They did not.

Instead of choosing either the father’s surname (“Befurt”) as required by H.R.S.