Legal Opinion · Dissent

Rydberg v. Rydberg

North Dakota Supreme Court

Decided April 13, 2004No. 20030212Published

1DissentKapsner, Justice

[¶ 34] I respectfully dissent. Rydberg affirmatively situated himself into the life of the child as her father. He signed an acknowledgment of paternity the day after she was born. He accepted the child into his home and held her out as his own for the first ten years of her life. He married the child’s mother. If this child has a different biological father, Rydberg has effectively supplanted any relationship she might have had with that father for a decade of her life. Rydberg did not deny paternity until after it became clear he would be responsible for child support. In an effort to ■…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Ettore I. v. Angela D.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
  2. Randy A. J. v. Norma I. J.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 2004
  3. N.A.H. v. S.L.S.Supreme Court of Colorado · 2000
  4. Cunningham v. Insurance Co. of North AmericaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
  5. Hadland v. SchroederNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1982

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