What’s in a name?
July 24, 2008
The Associated Press reports that a New Zealand judge thought the name of a little girl involved in a custody battle was beyond ridiculous — so he changed it.
The name? “Talula Does the Hula from Hawaii.”
Do you think the judge was rightly sparing the 9-year-old a lifetime of humiliation or sticking his nose where it didn’t belong? What if some U.S. judge (maybe in Hollywood?) started renaming kids? Would it mean so long to celebrity baby names like Tu Morrow, Moxie CrimeFighter Jillette and Pilot Inspektor Lee?
Lawyers: have you ever had a client with such a horrible name that you’d have changed it, if you had the authority to do so?
Hat tip: ABA Journal.
CARYN TAMBER, Legal Affairs Writer
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In this Slate article, blawger Eugene Volokh, inspired by poor little Talula Does the Hula From Hawaii, reviews rejected and granted name-change petitions.
-CARYN TAMBER