Massachusetts Appeals Court· 3/4/1987

Doe v. Roe

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504 N.E.2d 659
23 Mass. App. Ct. 590

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pointing out that discriminatory treatment of nonmarital children in matters of support, intestate succession, and remedies in domestic relations controversies usually will result in an unconstitutional denial of equal protection
through its equity power, probate judge may order support for nonmarital child over age eighteen entitled to support
chapter “shows a clear intention to provide broad remedies for equal treatment for children bom out of wedlock”
child born out of wedlock has equal protection right to receive support from the person adjudicated to be his father as a child of divorced parents would be entitled to receive under like circumstances

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Judges: Brown, Cutter, Dreben

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