The Weekly Law Reports
[1998] 2 WLR 392
[COURT OF APPEAL]
DAWSON
v.
WEARMOUTH
1997 July 22;
31
Hirst and Thorpe L.JJ.
Children
— Name
— Change of surname
— Mother registering illegitimate child in former husband's surname
— Father seeking order that child be known by his surname
— Whether jurisdiction to make order
— Whether registration to be taken into account in exercising discretion
—
Children Act 1989 (c. 41), s. 8(1)