State, Office of Recovery Services v. V.G.P.

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• holding that the question of paternity was res judicata where the man originally had agreed that he was the father, but had later attempted to litigate the paternity issue
• \[P]olicies advanced by the doctrine of res judicata have particular importance in this case because the child's right not to be bastardized far outweighs defendant's interest in asserting nonpaternity more than six years after having acknowledged paternity.\
• “[Pjolicies advanced by the doctrine of res judicata have particular importance in this ease because the child’s right not to be bastardized far outweighs defendant’s interest in asserting non-paternity more than six years after having acknowledged paternity.”

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