Opinion
November 9, 1987
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Jones, J.).
Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
The petitioner father of an infant born out of wedlock has failed to establish that his child's interest will be substantially promoted by changing the child's surname to his. There is also a reasonable objection to the change since the child lives with his mother and sharing her surname minimizes embarrassment, harassment, and confusion in school and social contacts (see, Civil Rights Law § 63; Matter of Goldstein, 104 A.D.2d 616, lv denied 64 N.Y.2d 602; State of New York ex rel. Spence-Chapin Servs. v. Tedeno, 101 Misc.2d 485). Weinstein, J.P., Rubin, Kooper and Sullivan, JJ., concur.