Legal Opinion

Brinkley v. King

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided September 17, 1997No. 15 W.D. Appeal Docket 1996Published

1Opinion of the Court

549 Pa. 241 (1997)

701 A.2d 176

Lisa A. BRINKLEY, Appellant,

v.

Richard E. KING, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Argued September 19, 1996.

Decided September 17, 1997.

Robert D. Clark, Wilmington, for Lisa A. Brinkley.

Phillip L. Clark, Jr., Ellwood City, for Richard E. King.

Before FLAHERTY, C.J., and ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE, NIGRO and NEWMAN, JJ.

OPINION ANNOUNCING THE JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

FLAHERTY, Chief Justice.

One of the strongest presumptions in Pennsylvania law is that a child conceived or born in a marriage is a child of the marriage. In order to rebut the presumption it must be proved…

Also in this document: Concurrence; Concurring in part, dissenting in part · Nigro; Concurring in part, dissenting in part · Newman.

2Cases cited32 opinions

  1. Schlagenhauf v. HolderSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  2. Michael H. v. Gerald D.Supreme Court of the United States · 1989
  3. Little v. StreaterSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  4. Commonwealth v. SellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  5. In the Interest of J.W.T.Texas Supreme Court · 1994

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