S____ J____ B v. S____ F____ S

SOMERVILLE, Judge.

This court tried filiation proceeding was instituted by an unwed mother and her child (hereinafter referred to as appellants) against the putative father (hereinafter referred to as respondent). The unwed mother and the putative father were the only witnesses called.

The trial court found that appellants failed to sustain the legally imposed burden of proving that respondent fathered the child and entered judgment in favor of respondent.

Appellants’ right to relief on appeal rises or falls on a single point — that the preponderance of the evidence established that the…