MINNICH v. RIVERA


509 Pa. 588 (1986)

506 A.2d 879

Jean Marie MINNICH, Appellant, v. Gregory L. RIVERA, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided March 21, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Louise Barton, Asst. Dist. Atty., for appellant.

William W. Campbell, Lancaster, for appellee.

Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, HUTCHINSON, ZAPPALA and PAPADAKOS, JJ.


OPINION OF THE COURT

LARSEN, Justice.

The issue presented in this appeal is whether the evidentiary standard in a paternity trial, proof by a preponderance of the evidence, as prescribed by statute, 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 6704(d), violates the due process clause of the 14th Amendment of the United States Constitution.

The Act of April 28, 1978, P.L. 202, No. 53, as amended by the Act of October 5, 1980, P.L. 693, No. 42, as further amended by the Act...

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