Johnson v. Henry

On May 18, 1977, the court adjudicated the plaintiff the father of a child born to the defendant on October 22, 1976. The plaintiff represented himself at that proceeding. On April 4, 1979, the plaintiff brought the present petition seeking a new trial of the paternity matter relying for authority to do so upon General Statutes 52-270.1 The state intervened as an interested party because of dependent aid furnished to the mother.

At the hearing of his petition the plaintiff produced two witnesses, his mother and his aunt. Each testified that at the time the child was conceived, during January…