Legal Opinion
Department of Revenue v. Jarvenpaa
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 23, 1989PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.
In 1986, in a comprehensive act, the Legislature made substantial changes in the law concerning child support in the Commonwealth. St. 1986, c. 310. That act, among other things, inserted an entirely new chapter in the General Laws concerning the rights of children born out of wedlock. G. L. c. 209C (1986 ed.), inserted by St. 1986, c. 310, § 16.
In this proceeding, brought to establish the defendant’s obligation to support an illegitimate child (the minor plaintiff), the defendant challenges the constitutionality of two provisions of the 1986 act. He contended in the trial court that this…
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