Legal Opinion

Dawn D. v. Superior Court

California Court of Appeal

Decided April 6, 1998No. S060966PublishedCited by 35 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

WERDEGAR, J.

In this case we determine whether the presumption created by Family Code section 76111 and the standing rule embodied in *935section 2 constitutionally may be applied to preclude an alleged biological father from establishing his paternity of a child bom during the mother’s marriage to another man. The husband in this case is presumed to be the child’s natural father, as the child was bom during the marriage (§ 7611, subd. (a)) and he has received the child into his home and openly holds out the child as his natural child (§7611, subd. (d)). Because, however, the husband and…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Washington v. GlucksbergSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
  2. Reno v. FloresSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  3. Lehr v. RobertsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  4. Michael H. v. Gerald D.Supreme Court of the United States · 1989
  5. Palma v. U.S. Industrial Fasteners, Inc.California Supreme Court · 1984

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3Cited by35 opinions

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  5. In Re JLCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2008

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