Legal Opinion
A.R. v. C.R.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 9, 1992PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.
The plaintiff A.R., whom we shall call the husband, seeks a declaratory judgment that he is not the father of either of two girls who were born to the defendant C.R., whom we shall call the wife. The Department of Revenue was permitted to intervene as a defendant on behalf of the Department of Public Welfare and C.R.2
On September 26, 1990, a judge of the Probate and Family Court allowed the husband’s motion for blood tests “to determine whether [the husband] is the father” of the two girls. On that same day, the judge denied the defendant intervener’s motion to dismiss the complaint. That…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Schmerber v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Manning v. ZuckermanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
- Miller v. MillerSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1984
- Clevenger v. ClevengerCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1961
- Farley v. SpragueMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
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3Cited by12 opinions
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- C.M. v. P.R.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
- W. v. W.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1999
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