In 2008, a judge in New Zealand ruled that parents who decided to name their daughter, who’s now 9-years-old, Talula Does the Hula From Hawaii, were not fit to retain their child’s custody. Judge Rob Murfitt ordered that the little girl be placed into court guardianship, and her name changed after hearing the child’s testimony of how embarrassed she was over her name and how she never told anyone her true name, not even her friends.
“She told people her name was K because she feared being mocked and teased,” the child’s lawyer, Colleen MacLeod, told the court.
The judge also blasted parents who imposed bizarre names on their children, claiming it exposed kids to ridicule among their peers.
“The court is profoundly concerned about the very poor judgment that this child’s parents have shown in choosing this name. It makes a fool of the child and sets her up with a social disability and handicap, unnecessarily,” he said.
Meet little Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii. A JUDGE in New Zealand made a young girl a ward of court so that she could change the name she hated — Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii. The girl was so embarrassed that she had not revealed the name given by her parents to anyone.
— Counts My Blessings 💨💨💨 (@IntoTheShitter) August 22, 2019
He also said that the child had much better insight into her own situation than her parents, who apparently had not considered the implications of what they’d done. The judge also went after the growing trend of parents picking abnormal names for their kids.
He noted that names such as Yeah Detroit, Stallion, Fish and Chips, Keenan Got Lucy, Twisty Poi, and registration officials banned sex Fruit in his written ruling. While other names that were permitted included Midnight Chardonnay, Benson and Hedges, Number 16 Bus Shelter, and Tragically Violence.” Another mom even tried to use texting language as her baby’s name, he said.
A few years ago in New Zealand the government took a girl away from her parents because they named her "Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii".
But they did allow someone to name their kid "Number 16 Bus Shelter"
— Ethan (@Ethan_Parallels) February 24, 2020
The girl, who was at the center of the custody battle, has since had her name changed, but it wasn’t revealed to protect her privacy.
According to Brian Clarke, the registrar general of births, deaths, and marriages, New Zealand law did not allow people to use names that offend a reasonable person. He also noted that officials were often successful in talking parents out of giving their kids humiliating names.
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