80 Ark. App. 396 - Matthews v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “Now, the court should consider six factors in changing the name of the children, and the first factor is the child’s preference. Well, at the time this court entered its order, the child has [sic] just one year old last month, and in October wasn’t even a year old, and so I don’t think that number one is applicable to this child. Number two is the effect of the change of the child’s name on the preservation and development of the child’s relationship with each parent. Well, Ms. Sheppard, also known as Braun, stated to the court that she changed K.D.’s surname ... and so we have one child that has a different name in the household. She also stated that[J although she had this second child by a man named Hartsfeld, she was at that time married to a man named Braun, and I believe her testimony was that she stayed one night with him and the next day he went back to Florida, but nonetheless, she went by the name of Braun and so she named B.B.,_So now out of four children, there are two with different surnames. She also stated that[,] after she divorced Mr. Braun, she married another gendeman, and that gentleman’s name was Robert Lee Skaggs, but that Robert Lee Skaggs was really Merle Eric Hudson III, and she stated, when asked if she was still married, she said, ‘I physically didn’t take Robert Lee Skaggs into matrimony. I physically wasn’t holding his hand, and he didn’t put a ring on my finger. Merle Eric Hudson III did.’ When asked further, she stated that she didn’t know if sh”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 85 Ark. App. 481 - Sheppard v. Speir