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SMULEVITZ v. << (1950)

District Court of Appeal, Second District, Division 3, California.

Application of SMULEVITZ et al.

Civ. 17687.

Decided: December 08, 1950

Albert H. Allen, Hyman Goldman, Michael J. Fasman, all of Beverly Hills, for appellants. Harold W. Kennedy, County Counsel, Earl O. Lippold, Deputy County Counsel, Los Angeles, for respondents.

Appeal by petitioners from a minute order denying their petition for change of name.

The ground on which the petition was denied was that petitioners had not resided within the state for at least one year prior to the filing of the petition. In Turesky v. Superior Court, 97 Cal.App.2d 838, 218 P.2d 784, it was held that the refusal to grant a change of name on that ground is arbitrary, without warrant of law, and an abuse of discretion.

On the authority of the Turesky case, the order denying the petition is reversed.

VALLEE, Justice.

SHINN, P. J., and WOOD, J., concur.

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SMULEVITZ v. << (1950)

Docket No: Civ. 17687.

Decided: December 08, 1950

Court: District Court of Appeal, Second District, Division 3, California.

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