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TENNESSEE DEPT. OF HUMAN SERVICES v. VAUGHN

595 S.W.2d 62 (1980)

TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, etc., Plaintiff-Petitioner, v. Major VAUGHN, Defendant-Respondent.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

Petition to Rehear Denied March 10, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold W. Horne, Memphis, for plaintiff-petitioner.

J. Michael Fletcher, Memphis, for defendant-respondent.

OPINION

HENRY, Justice.

We granted certiorari in this case to examine the constitutionality of so much of Section 36-227(1), T.C.A., as provides that in a bastardy case an "alleged father shall not be compelled to give evidence." We hold it to be unconstitutional.

I.

Tennessee Department of Human Services, as assignee of Donna Rogers, filed its petition in the Juvenile Court at Memphis seeking a determination that respondent was the father...

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