A.D. v. K.S., Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC #13665)(2025)
Whether, once the statute of repose has run, a trial court judge has the equitable authority to override the legislatively specified timelines for finality of a parentage determination and to declare that the legal father of a child is a different person than the one listed on the birth certificate.
Whether, once the statute of repose has run, a trial court judge has the equitable authority to override the legislatively specified timelines for finality of a parentage determination and to declare that the legal father of a child is a different person than the one listed on the birth certificate.