A woman can get rid of her child’s middle name because of its “association with a notorious public figure”, a judge has ruled.<\/p>\n
The mother argued the name, which cannot be known for legal reasons, was “infected with bad connotations”.<\/p>\n
The father objected to the change as he preferred the middle name, but a family court ruled it could be dropped.<\/p>\n
At a previous hearing, a judge said continued use of the name “would damage the child’s emotional welfare”.<\/p>\n
The child’s father had appealed against a decision from a less senior judge, but Judge Mark Rogers dismissed this.<\/p>\n
In a family court in Lincoln, the judge said the name was “not eccentric or in itself offensive”.<\/p>\n
But he ruled the “association” was enough to allow the mother to drop the middle name.<\/p>\n
Judge Rogers added: “The child is most commonly known by the first name but the father uses both and says he favours the middle name.”<\/p>\n
The judge did not reveal the child’s name or sex or the parents’ identities in his ruling.<\/p>\n
Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"