Legal Opinion
Department of Human Services v. Thibeault
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided July 6, 1989PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McKUSICK, Chief Justice.
The Department of Human Services appeals the judgment of the Superior Court (Aroostook County, Pierson, J.) entered after a jury returned a special verdict, by a six-to-two vote, that the Department had failed to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that defendant Peter Thibeault is the father of Lisa Dufour’s daughter Alicia. Because we agree with the Department that the presiding justice should have allowed it to present redirect testimony by its expert witness on paternity blood testing, we vacate the judgment.
The Department instituted this paternity action…
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