Posted on 07/31/2017 12:22:59 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A mother who no longer liked her child's middle name has won the right to have it removed in a legal challenge costing thousands of pounds in legal aid.
In the new case the mother, who cannot be named, objected to the child's middle name because it was the same as an infamous public figure which she said gave it negative connotations and would therefore harm the child.
But the father wants to keep the name arguing it is an essential part of the child's identity.
So the mother took the case to the family court where she was granted legal aid.
District judge Cooper ruled in her favour last year but the father was granted the right to appeal.
In a separate hearing in May this year the father assured the judge he would only use the child's first name and would not refer to the famous name in any correspondence.
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He said: "At birth the child was given two forenames by the parents and registered with both. The child is most commonly known by the first name but the father uses both and says he favours the middle name.
"The middle name is a normal well established name. It is not eccentric or in itself offensive. However, the mother’s case was that, as a result of its association with a notorious public figure, it is infected with bad connotations."
The case is bound to draw unfavourable comparison to Charlie Gard, whose parents were denied legal aid to try to save their son's life.
Last week politicians criticised the legal aid system after it was claimed that the Gards did not receive legal aid.
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(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
What a ridiculous waste of time and money.
So, the UK will spend thousands of pounds on a frivolous name petition, but would not spend a single penny on a chance to save a child’s life..................
This case has little , if any similarity to the Charlie Gard case.
Obama?
Mohammed?
Caitlyn?....................
What middle name? Osama? Adolf? Hillary?
I bet it isn’t “Barack” she’s removing....
The complaint is that the government granted the mother legal aid for this silliness but would not grant the Gard family legal aid.....................
Well, what is the kid’s name?????
Why not just type it here????
What was his name?
Huh. I thought “Adolf Genghis” had a rather nice rhythm to it, personally...
Reading this I thought the middle name was “Taint”. One could have a lot of fun with that.
Talk about a virtually fact-free teaser article opening.
Adolf Plantagenet Lipschitz. Sez it all
Well,it's Britain so it might not be any of those.OTOH,Trump is almost universally despised in Britain so I guess it could be him.Basically,we'll never know.
My grandfather’s name was Adolf - Adolf Krazewski.
If you think that kid has a middle name problem, consider German Baroque composer Johann Gambolputty. His full name:
Johann Gambolputty de von Ausfern-schplenden-schlitter-crasscrenbon-fried-digger-dingle- dangle-dongle-dungle-burstein-von-knacker-thrasher-apple-banger-horowitz-ticolensic-grander-knotty-spelltinkle-grandlich-grumblemeyer-spelterwasser- kurstlich-himbleeisen-bahnwagen-gutenabend-bitte-ein-nürnburger-bratwustle- gerspurten-mitz-weimache-luber-hundsfut-gumberaber-shönedanker-kalbsfleisch- mittler-aucher von Hautkopft of Ulm.
(And apologies for wasting the time of non-Monty python fans!)
The article doesn’t say what the name is. It says it was supposed to be a common, normal name. My guess is that it’s Donald. The Trump haters I know would be triggered by that.
>>n the new case the mother, who cannot be named, objected to the child’s middle name because it was the same as an infamous public figure<<
Nothing could be more evil than ‘muhammed.’
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