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· 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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