14-223 IN THE MATTER OF PAULO CESAR ARRIETA SALAS, FOR LEAVE TO ASSUME THE NAME OF RAQUEL RAMIREZ, Pet-App

14-223 IN THE MATTER OF PAULO CESAR ARRIETA SALAS, FOR LEAVE TO ASSUME THE NAME OF RAQUEL RAMIREZ, Pet-App — Appeal from order (Debra Rose Samuels, J.), dated January 9, 2014, deemed an application by petitioner for review pursuant to CPLR 5704(b) (see Matter of Washington, 216 AD2d 781 [1995]), and so considered, order reversed, without costs, and the matter remitted to Civil Court for entry of an order granting the petition consistent herewith. We exercise our discretion under CPLR 5704(b) and grant the transgendered petitioner's application for a name change corresponding with petitioner's female gender identity.

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14-223 IN THE MATTER OF PAULO CESAR ARRIETA SALAS, FOR LEAVE TO ASSUME THE NAME OF RAQUEL RAMIREZ, Pet-App — Appeal from order (Debra Rose Samuels, J.), dated January 9, 2014, deemed an application by petitioner for review pursuant to CPLR 5704(b) (see Matter of Washington, 216 AD2d 781 [1995]), and so considered, order reversed, without costs, and the matter remitted to Civil Court for entry of an order granting the petition consistent herewith. We exercise our discretion under CPLR 5704(b) and grant the transgendered petitioner’s application for a name change corresponding with petitioner’s female gender identity.

The record shows that petitioner satisfied the requirements for a name change under section 61 of the Civil Rights Law by specifying the grounds for the application and disclosing pertinent background information (see Matter of Golden, 56 AD3d 1109 [2008]), including petitioner’s current street address in New York City. In view of the court’s limited authority to review an application for a name change (see Matter of Powell, 95 AD3d 1631, 1632 [2012]), and in the absence of evidence herein of fraud, misrepresentation, or interference with the rights of others, the name change petition should have been granted (see Application of Halligan, 46 AD2d 170, 171-172 [1974]).

14-223 IN THE MATTER OF PAULO CESAR ARRIETA SALAS, FOR LEAVE TO ASSUME THE NAME OF RAQUEL RAMIREZ, Pet-App

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