Legal Opinion

Commonwealth Ex Rel. Johnson v. Peake

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 7, 1979No. 1899PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HOFFMAN, Judge:

Appellant contends that the lower court erred in ordering him to pay support for Anthony Johnson because appellee failed to prove that appellant was the boy’s natural father. We disagree and, accordingly, affirm the order of the lower court.

On March 9, 1977, appellee filed a petition for support of her minor son, Anthony Johnson, in which she named appellant as the putative father. The lower court conducted a hearing on October 24,1977, at which time appellee testified to the following: Appellant and appellee met sometime in 1958 or 1959 and started having sexual relations…

2Cases cited6 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. Burston v. DodsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
  4. Commonwealth ex rel. Lonesome v. JohnsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
  5. Commonwealth ex rel. Savruk v. DerbySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1975

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Tyler v. KingSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
  2. Corra v. CollSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
  3. Connell v. ConnellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
  4. Mansfield v. LopezSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
  5. McKenzie Mary E. v. Harris, Patricia, Secretary of Health & Human Services of the United States, Mary McKenzieCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1982

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