DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES v. BLAISDELL


816 A.2d 55 (2002)

2002 ME 153

DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES v. Jerome BLAISDELL.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided: September 20, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Steven Rowe, Attorney General James A. McKenna, Asst. Attorney General (orally), Augusta, for plaintiff.

Stephen T. Hayes, (orally), Augusta, for defendant.

Panel: SAUFLEY, C.J., and CLIFFORD, RUDMAN, DANA, ALEXANDER, CALKINS, and LEVY, JJ.


CALKINS, J.

[¶ 1] The Department of Human Services (DHS) appeals from the judgment of the District Court (Waterville, Nivison, J.) granting Jerome Blaisdell's motion for relief from judgment pursuant to M.R. Civ. P. 60(b)(6) and vacating a 1996 judgment that declared Blaisdell to be the father of Ryan F. and ordered Blaisdell to pay child support. Although DHS agrees that Blaisdell is not Ryan's biological father, it contends that the court abused its...

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