Legal Opinion
Margani v. Sanders
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided December 8, 1982PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NICHOLS, Justice.
This appeal raises several jurisdictional questions regarding a paternity and support action brought under the Uniform Act on Paternity, 19 M.R.S.A. § 271 et seq. Finding no error, we affirm the judgment of the Superior Court.
Cecilia Margani, the Plaintiff and a resident of Pennsylvania, gave birth to a son, Justin, on August 28,1978, in Pennsylvania. On November 8, 1979, she brought this paternity and support action in District Court, Franklin County, naming Daniel Jeffrey Sanders as the father. Sanders, a welder who then was working in Scotland, removed the action to…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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