A Newport mother is appealing a court's decision after a judge ordered her son's name be changed from "Messiah."
Jaleesa Martin and the father of Messiah could not agree on a last name, which is how they ended up at a child support hearing in Cocke County Chancery Court on Thursday. That is when the first name came into question.
Child Support Magistrate Lu Ann Ballew serves the 4th Judicial District of Tenn. including the following counties: Cocke, Grainger, Jefferson, and Sevier.
The name change was part of Judge Ballew's case; however, the parents did not think the first name would be changed.
Judge Ballew ordered the 7-month-old's name be "Martin DeShawn McCullough." It includes both parent's last names but leaves out Messiah.Read the full story HERE and view a related video below:
I have to admit, my first reaction was to give a Thumbs up to the Judge....It still is.
However, the mother will win this on appeal. Sure the kid will grow up ridiculed and made fun of.....Hey, that's his right.....Right?
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Okay, so one upload has the words "seems to have a Problem with the First Amendment"
Then, we have an upload with the words: "Would you name your kid 'Messiah'?"
Maybe you have the issue with the first amendment?
Also: "Sure the kid will grow up ridiculed and made fun of.....Hey, that's his right.....Right?"
Back to the *science* of pure speculation *again*.
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