J.C. v. E.M

No. 92-P-882.

36 Mass. App. Ct. 446 (1994)

632 N.E.2d 429

J.C. vs. E.M.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Dukes County.

May 2, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roberta F. Benjamin for the defendant.

Richard D. Packenham for the plaintiff.

Present: PERRETTA, DREBEN, & LAURENCE, JJ.


DREBEN, J.

This appeal raises the question whether a divorce judgment constituting an adjudication of paternity bars a subsequent action of paternity against the alleged biological father. A probate judge held that it does not, found that the defendant was the father, and ordered him to pay for the support of his daughter. We affirm the judgment.

We take the facts from the stipulation of the parties and the findings of the judge. In December, 1977, A.C. (husband...

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