Black v. Driscoll

JIULIANTE, J.,

In 1983 plaintiff filed an action for the support of one minor child who was born February 22, 1975.

On or about March 8, 1984, and pursuant to defendant’s motion, plaintiff’s complaint was dismissed for failure to comply with the statute of limitations contained in 42 Pa.C.S. §6704(e), which indicated that all actions to establish paternity of a child born out of wedlock must be commenced within six years of the birth of the child.

On October 30, 1985, the legislature of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania repealed the statute of *59and provided for an expanded limitations period in…