K.E.M. v. P.C.S.

OPINION

Justice SAYLOR.

In this appeal arising in the child support setting, we consider the application of paternity by estoppel.

Appellant, the mother of G.L.M., filed a complaint seeking support from Appellee, whom she believes to be G.L.M.’s biological father. Appellee responded with a motion to dismiss, relying upon Mother’s intact marriage to H.M.M. at the time of G.L.M.’s birth as establishing a presumption of paternity, see Brinkley v. King, 549 Pa. 241, 248-50, 701 A.2d 176, 179-80 (1997) (plurality) (explaining that, “generally, a child *512conceived or born during the marriage is presumed…