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DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE v. G.W.A.

412 Mass. 435 (1992)

590 N.E.2d 176

DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE vs. G.W.A., THIRD.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Essex.

April 13, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jon Laramore, Assistant Attorney General, for the plaintiff.

Mary P. Harrington for the defendant.

Jacquelynne J. Bowman, for Greater Boston Legal Services, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

John P. Rupp, William T. O'Neil, Nancy Ebb & Diane Dodson of the District of Columbia, for Children's Defense Fund & another, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

Holli Ploog of the District of Columbia, for National Child Support Enforcement Association, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

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

O'CONNOR, J.

The complaint of the plaintiff (department on behalf of the mother) requests an adjudication that the defendant is the father of a child born out of wedlock and an order for the child's support. In his answer to the complaint, the defendant admits that he is the father of the child. The only issue before the Probate and Family Court was the amount of child support to be ordered. The trial judge ordered the defendant...

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