A girl named “Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii”
A girl in New Zealand is getting her name “Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii” legally changed to something else. Sounds too weird to be true? Believe it.
NZ judge renames “Talula Does the Hula from Hawaii”
Fri 25 Jul 2008WELLINGTON (Reuters) – A young girl so embarrassed by being called “Talula Does the Hula from Hawaii” has won a new name from a family court judge in New Zealand.
Judge Rob Murfitt, ruling from the city of New Plymouth on New Zealand’s North Island, made the youngster a ward of court so that she could change the name that she hates.
Murfitt, in a written ruling released on Thursday, said the girl’s mother had not given any thought to the implication of naming her daughter.
“In all facets of life, a child bearing this name would be held up to ridicule and suspicion,” Murfitt wrote in his ruling that was made in February but only just released.
“The court is profoundly concerned about the very poor judgment which this child’s parents have shown in choosing this name for her. It makes a fool of the child and sets her up with a social disability and handicap quite unnecessarily.”
The name issue arose during a custody hearing for the girl.
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