COM'R OF DEPT. OF HUMAN SERV. v. MASSEY


537 A.2d 1158 (1988)

COMMISSIONER OF the DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES v. Jeffrey MASSEY.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided February 25, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond E. Ritchie (orally), Asst. Atty. Gen., Legal Dept., Station 11, Augusta, for plaintiff.

Thomas J. Nale (orally), Nale & Nale Law Offices, Waterville, for defendant.

Before McKUSICK, C.J., and NICHOLS, ROBERTS, WATHEN, GLASSMAN and SCOLNIK, JJ.


SCOLNIK, Justice.

This case involves a paternity suit. The plaintiff, the Commissioner of the Department of Human Services (hereinafter "the Commissioner"), appeals from a judgment in favor of the defendant, Jeffrey Massey, rendered in the Superior Court (Kennebec County) following a jury trial on April 15 and 16, 1987.

The Commissioner commenced this paternity action pursuant to 19 M.R.S.A. §§ 272 and 275 (1981 and Supp.1987)1...

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