Legal Opinion
Hanley v. Evans
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided March 30, 1982PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WATHEN, Justice.
In this paternity action, plaintiff Hanley appeals from a protective order prohibiting deposition of the defendant’s wife. We dismiss the appeal as premature.
Plaintiff filed the action on April 7,1981. Since that date there has been substantial discovery: interrogatories, requests for admissions, document discovery, and a lengthy deposition of the defendant. In the course of discovery plaintiff obtained extensive information on defendant’s financial resources as well as significant admissions on the issue of paternity. Ostensibly for the purpose of obtaining additional…
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