Schierenbeck v. Minor

An adjudication in dependency proceedings that Schierenbeck is the father of Sherrie Lynn, a child born to petitioner Mary K. Minor, is attacked by writ of error on several grounds. Insufficiency of evidence to establish that he is her procreator and insufficiency of evidence to overcome the presumption of legitimacy are basically the contentions upon which Schierenbeck pitches his attack.

It is not disputed that an act of intimacy between Schierenbeck and Mary K. Minor, the mother, took place on September 7, 1959, and that Sherrie Lynn was born on June 5, 1960. At the time of this illicit act…