The court may order the name to be changed or the birth certificate to be corrected by entry of record reciting the petition and its reasons therefor.Code 1858, § 3638 (deriv. Acts 1827, ch. 16, § 1); Shan., §5404; mod. Code 1932, § 9563; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 661, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-804.
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