COMMONWEALTH v. GRUTTNER


385 Mass. 474 (1982)

432 N.E.2d 518

COMMONWEALTH vs. FRANCIS J. GRUTTNER (and a companion case).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

March 2, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Traft, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Ralph R. Bagley for Francis J. Gruttner.

Norman F. Lazarus for Carmen Mayo.

Present: WILKINS, LIACOS, NOLAN, & LYNCH, JJ.


LIACOS, J.

These cases come before us, via different avenues, for resolution of two related issues arising in the context of criminal actions for the alleged failure of putative fathers to support their children. G.L.c. 273, § 15, as amended through St. 1979, c. 621, § 2.2 We are asked to determine first what, if any, statute of limitations applies to adjudications of paternity made during § 15 proceedings. Also before us...

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