Case Name: In the Matter of the Marriage of BOYLE, Appellant, and BOYLE, Respondent. In the Matter of the Marriage of ADAMS, Appellant, and ADAMS, Respondent
Court: Oregon Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Oregon
Decision Date: 1977-01-24
Citations: 28 Or. App. 267
Docket Number: No. 96181, CA 6848; No. 96311, CA 6888
Parties: In the Matter of the Marriage of BOYLE, Appellant, and BOYLE, Respondent. In the Matter of the Marriage of ADAMS, Appellant, and ADAMS, Respondent.
Judges: Before Schwab, Chief Judge, and Tanzer and Johnson, Judges.
Reporter: Oregon Reports, Court of Appeals
Volume: 28
Pages: 267–269

Head Matter:
Submitted December 29, 1976,
affirmed as modified, no costs January 24, 1977
In the Matter of the Marriage of BOYLE, Appellant, and BOYLE, Respondent. In the Matter of the Marriage of ADAMS, Appellant, and ADAMS, Respondent.
(No. 96181, CA 6848)
(No. 96311, CA 6888)
(Cases consolidated)
558 P2d 1304
Gay Canaday, Oregon Legal Services, Oregon City, filed the brief for appellants.
No appearance for respondents.
Before Schwab, Chief Judge, and Tanzer and Johnson, Judges.
JOHNSON, J.

Opinion:
JOHNSON, J.
Appellants' petitions for dissolution of marriage included requests to restore their maiden names. The trial court decreed dissolution, but erroneously denied the requests for name change.
ORS 107.105(l)(g) is explicit:
"(1) Whenever the court grants a decree of annulment or dissolution of marriage or of separation, it has power further to decree as follows:
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"(g) To change the name of either spouse to a name the spouse held before the marriage. The court must decree a change if it is requested(Emphasis supplied.)
Affirmed as modified. No costs.