DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE v. JARVENPAA


404 Mass. 177 (1989)

534 N.E.2d 286

DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE & another vs. WAYNE I. JARVENPAA.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Franklin.

February 23, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jane S. Schacter, Assistant Attorney General (Rosanna Cavallaro, Assistant Attorney General, with her) for the Department of Revenue.

Charlotte S. Guyer for the child.

Jack D. Curtiss for the defendant.

Jon Laramore, for Mothers United for Support of Children through Legislative Enactment & another, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., WILKINS, ABRAMS, NOLAN, & O'CONNOR, JJ.


WILKINS, J.

In 1986, in a comprehensive act, the Legislature made substantial changes in the law concerning child support in the Commonwealth. St. 1986, c. 310. That act, among other things, inserted an entirely new chapter in the General Laws concerning the rights of children born out of wedlock. G.L.c. 209C (1986 ed.), inserted by St. 1986, c. 310, § 16.

In this proceeding, brought to establish the defendant's obligation to support an illegitimate child...

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