MACE v. WEBB

No. 16364.

614 P.2d 647 (1980)

Patricia M. MACE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Richard WEBB, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Utah.

June 26, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian M. Barnard, Salt Lake City, for defendant and appellant.

Earl Jay Peck, Salt Lake City, for plaintiff and respondent.


STEWART, Justice:

This appeal is from an order of the district court requiring the defendant to pay child support for plaintiff's minor child and declaring that the defendant, who was shown by blood tests not to be the child's natural father, had adopted the child by acknowledgment. We reverse.

In June 1973 plaintiff, an unmarried woman, gave birth to a son. The defendant, who had been living with her for several months, assumed responsibility for the medical...

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