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IN THE MATTER OF WALTER

408 Mass. 584 (1990)

562 N.E.2d 474

IN THE MATTER OF WALTER.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

November 15, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leo J. Lydon for the minor.

Jeremy A. Stahlin for Boston Children's Service Association.

Mark D. Stern & Wendy Kaplan for the husband.

Present: LIACOS, C.J., NOLAN, LYNCH, O'CONNOR, & GREANEY, JJ.

LYNCH, J.

This appeal involves the question whether a child or an adoption agency may bring an action to disprove the paternity of the child's mother's husband. That question arises from three actions filed in the Probate Court: a petition to dispense with the husband's consent to adoption, G.L.c. 210, § 3 (1988 ed.); and two actions to establish paternity under G.L.c. 209C (1988 ed.). The Boston Children's Service...

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