Barbara White v. James N. White, Jr. and Audrey R. Gorham

• Court: Texas Supreme Court
• Decided: October 8, 2015
• Docket: 14-14-00593-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

October 8, 2015

JUDGMENT

The Fourteenth Court of Appeals BARBARA WHITE, Appellant

NO. 14-14-00593-CV V.

JAMES N. WHITE, JR. AND AUDREY R. GORHAM, Appellees ________________________________

This cause, an appeal from the trial court’s final divorce decree and qualified domestic relations order signed April 22, 2014, was heard on the transcript of the record. We have inspected the record and find the trial court erred in denying appellant’s requested name change without explanation. We therefore order the portion of the final divorce decree denying without explanation appellant’s request for a name change REVERSED and ordered severed and REMAND to the trial court to either grant the requested name change or state a reason in the decree for not doing so.

We AFFIRM the remainder of the trial court’s final divorce decree and qualified domestic relations order.

We order that each party shall pay its costs by reason of this appeal.

We further order this decision certified below for observance.