What is the importance of having a child's surname?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Roy-Bevington v. Rigden, 2017 ONCJ 730 (CanLII):
While Trociuk talks about importance from the perspective of the parent, there is importance from the perspective of the child. For example, as ¶ 20 of Hermanson v. Kiarie, Sherr J. succinctly wrote, “[c]hanging a child’s name is not a mere administrative act…..A child’s surname is important. In many ways, the surname speaks to who the person is, and is not simply a convenient means of identification”. (3) The Impact of the Child’s Autism Diagnosis
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