Nygard v. Nygard

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• holding elements of equitable estoppel existed permitting court to compel nonbiological father to pay child support
• stating that promissory estoppel may apply if statute of frauds prevents enforcement of child support contract
• applying promissory estoppel to conclude that a husband who had agreed to raise an unborn child as his own could be held responsible for child support
• having persuaded mother during pregnancy to forgo putting child up for adoption when born and instead to marry him and let him act as father, husband was estopped from disclaiming paternity
• having persuaded mother during pregnancy to forgo putting child up for adoption when born and instead to marry him and let him act as father, husband was estopped from disclaiming paternity
• if statute of frauds prevents enforcement of child support contract, defendant may be held liable under the doctrine of promissory estoppel

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