Adams v. Mallory

COUCH, Judge.

The essential question presented herein is whether a default judgment on the issue of paternity may be entered ex parte against an alleged father in a paternity proceeding as a sanction for failure to answer or otherwise respond to interrogatories, which included questions directed to the issue of paternity. 1

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The facts of this case have been presented in an agreed statement. On July 11, 1984, Charisse A. Mallory (appellee), a single mother, filed a paternity petition in the Domestic Relations Division of the Circuit Court for Baltimore City. In the petition, she named Kevin D.…