Lewis v. Bowden

The self-represented defendant, Anthony Bowden, appeals from the judgment of the Superior Court denying his motion to open a judgment of paternity rendered against him in 1982. We affirm the court's judgment.

The following facts are not in dispute. On March 24, 1979, the plaintiff Lisha Lewis, now deceased, 1 gave birth to a child. On February 18, 1982, the plaintiff filed a paternity petition naming the defendant as the child's father. On March 1, 1982, the court, Falsey, J., rendered a default judgment of paternity against the defendant, adjudicating the defendant to be the child's father.…