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· 11/17/1947

McClelland v. Board of Supervisors

Citations

  • 332 U.S. 823
  • 68 S. Ct. 164
  • 92 L. Ed. 399
  • 1947 U.S. LEXIS 1628

How courts have described this case

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  • recognizing equitable estoppel as a basis to require support but on similar facts found no estoppel
  • finding no detriment where the wife would have borne the child even without support of her husband or the child’s biological father
  • husband not estopped from denying paternity and obligation to support child
  • husband not estopped from denying paternity and obligation to support child

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