· 5/15/1830
Knight v. Sawin
Citations
- 6 Me. 361
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- indicating that one presumptive legal father’s parentage had been rebutted where the parties stipulated to the admissibility of evidence concerning the biological father of the child
- “Viewing the parentage, adoption and termination statutes as a whole, and in light of the constitutionally-protected rights of biological parents, however, our view is that the rights of the biological father are superior.”
- mother was seeking retroactive support and biological father had not provided for child since child’s birth
- involving custody, visitation, child support, and termination of parental rights
- general discussion of retroactive child support statute and guidelines
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Judges: Mellen
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