Nichols v. Mandelin

OPINION

RABINOWITZ, Justice.

FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS.

Edward and Crystal lived together from November of 1980 through July of 1983. On November 21, 1981, Crystal gave birth to a child, John. Edward is the natural father of this child. Following John’s birth, until July of 1983, Edward and Crystal lived together.

In March of 1983 Crystal underwent a thirty-day alcoholism treatment program at a hospital. Edward testified that Crystal had driven John around in an automobile while intoxicated on one occasion. This occurred when John was a little more than one year old. On another occasion Crystal…