Legal Opinion
Crego v. Coleman
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided July 31, 2000No. 113485, Calendar No. 4PublishedCited by 87 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMarkman, J.
In this case, we are asked to consider the constitutionality of a repealed section of the Paternity Act, MCL 722.713; MSA 25.493,1 which permitted a mother of a child bom out of wedlock to enter into a nonmodifiable child support agreement with her child’s putative father. We conclude that the statute in question did not violate equal protection guarantees.
I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
In October 1978, plaintiff filed a paternity action, alleging that defendant fathered plaintiff’s daughter who was bom in August 1978. In 1980, the parties reached a settlement agreement, and the complaint…
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