ADAMS v. MALLORY

No. 49, September Term, 1986.

308 Md. 453 (1987)

520 A.2d 371

KEVIN DERRICK ADAMS v. CHARISSE ANNETTE MALLORY.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

January 30, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard S. Bernstein, Baltimore, for appellant.

Joseph B. Spillman, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Stephen H. Sachs, Atty. Gen., Kurt L. Schmoke, State's Atty., for Baltimore City and Robert M. Moss, Asst. State's Atty., on the brief), Baltimore, for appellee.

Argued before MURPHY, C.J., and ELDRIDGE, COLE, RODOWSKY, COUCH, McAULIFFE and ADKINS, JJ.


COUCH, Judge.

The essential question presented herein is whether a default judgment on the issue of paternity may be entered ex parte against an alleged father in a paternity proceeding as a sanction for failure to answer or otherwise respond to interrogatories, which included questions directed to the issue of paternity.1

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