413 Pa. Super. 71 - McCue v. McCue’s Empirical Analysis

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34 state decisions

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1. “(c) Authority for test.—In any matter subject to this section in which paternity, parentage or identity of a child is a relevant fact, the court, upon its own initiative or upon suggestion made by or on behalf of any person whose blood is involved, may or, upon motion of any party to the action made at a time so as not to delay the proceedings unduly, shall order the mother, child and alleged father to submit to blood tests. If any party refuses to submit to the tests, the court may resolve the question of paternity, parentage or identity of a child against the party or enforce its order if the rights of others and the interests of justice so require.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 439 Pa. Super. 58 - CTD v. Nee · C.T.D. v. N.E.E.

2. “This presumption (which we will henceforth refer to as the presumption that a child born to a married woman was the child of that marriage) could traditionally be overcome only by proof that the husband did not have access to his wife during the period of possible conception, or by proof of the husband’s impotency or sterility.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. P.C.S. v. J.E.B. · 442 Pa. Super. 388 - P.C.S. v. J.E.B.

3. “‘Traditionally, that presumption could be rebutted only by proof that a husband was incapable of procreation or had no access to his wife during the relevant period.’”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. P.C.S. v. J.E.B. · 442 Pa. Super. 388 - P.C.S. v. J.E.B.