New York Supreme Court October 12, 1984 (In re Linda Ann A.)

OPINION OF THE COURT

Arthur W. Lonschein, J.

This is an application for a judicial change of name, pursuant to article 6 of the Civil Rights Law. Petitioner, an unmarried woman, seeks leave to assume the name “Linda Ann M.” As the reason for the change, petitioner states candidly that she wishes to assume the name of her “lover” whom she is “not free to marry.