Legal Opinion

Selm v. Elliott

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 28, 1992No. 00591PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HESTER, Judge:

Robert Elliott appeals from the order entered in the Court of Common Pleas of Westmoreland County on March 13, 1991, which directed the local domestic relations office to implement genetic testing so that the question of Jessica Seim’s paternity may be resolved. As the facts of record overcame the presumption that Jessica Seim was a child of the marriage of appellee and Scott Seim, paternity is a relevant fact warranting the ordering of testing to establish paternity. Therefore, we affirm.

The procedural history of this case may be summarized as follows. On October 16,1989,…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Cairgle v. AMERICAN R. AND SS CORP.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1951
  2. Cairgle v. American Radiator & Standard Sanitary Corp.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1951
  3. Christianson v. ElySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1990
  4. Commonwealth ex rel. Savruk v. DerbySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  5. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Ermel v. ErmelSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1978

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Paulshock v. BonomoSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
  2. Woy v. WoySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
  3. B.C. v. C.P. & D.B., ApltsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2024
  4. Metzger v. Day, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lycoming County1993

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