Legal Opinion

Fish v. Behers

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 3, 1999PublishedCited by 42 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*526 OPINION OF THE COURT

CASTILLE, Justice.

The presumption of paternity and the theory of estoppel and their application are the issues before this Court in this appeal. In accordance with our decision in Brinkley v. King, 549 Pa. 241, 701 A.2d 176 (1997), we hold that the presumption of paternity is inapplicable under the facts of this case. However, because we agree with the Superior Court that appellant is estopped from asserting that appellee is the father of her child, we affirm the decision of the Superior Court.

Appellant’s son was born on June 2, 1989, at which time appellant was married…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. John M. v. Paula T.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1990
  2. Brinkley v. KingSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1997
  3. Jones v. TrojakSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1993
  4. Freedman v. McCandlessSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
  5. Nicholson v. CombsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1997

3Cited by42 opinions

  1. Vargo v. SchwartzSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
  2. K.E.M. v. P.C.S.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2012
  3. K.E.M. v. P.C.S.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2012
  4. T.E.B. v. C.A.B.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2013
  5. A.S. v. I.S.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2015

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