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DOE v. ROE

19 Mass. App. Ct. 270 (1985)

473 N.E.2d 719

JOHN DOE vs. MARY ROE, administratrix.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

January 29, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Paisley for the defendant.

Reuben S. Dawkins for the plaintiff.

Present: ARMSTRONG, CUTTER, & DREBEN, JJ.

DREBEN, J.

The plaintiff sought a determination in a Probate Court that he was the son of the defendant's decedent and an heir entitled to share in his father's estate.2 The defendant administratrix moved to dismiss the action, arguing that a petition to determine paternity must be brought in a District Court or in the Superior Court and that a Probate Court is not a "court of competent jurisdiction" within the meaning of G.L.c. 190, ...

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