Legal Opinion · Dissent

Mulligan v. Corbett

Court of Appeals of Maryland

Decided May 23, 2012No. 43Published

1Dissent

BARBERA, J.,

dissenting, in which RAKER, J., joins.

I dissent. I have a quarrel with certain of the reasoning of the Majority, as well as its ultimate conclusion that a child conceived during marriage, though born after her mother has divorced, was not “born out of wedlock,” and, therefore, the *701child’s self-alleged biological father may not invoke the mandatory blood testing provisions of the Paternity Proceedings subtitle (Paternity subtitle), codified at Maryland Code (1999, 2006 Repl.Vol. & 2010 Supp.), § 5-1001 through § 5-1048 of the Family Law Article (FL)1.

For reasons I explain, I agree…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Trimble v. GordonSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  2. Langston v. RiffeCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2000
  3. Proctor v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit AuthorityCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2010
  4. Bowen v. City of AnnapolisCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2007
  5. Taxiera v. MalkusCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1990

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