D.H. v. R.R.

SJC-10971.

461 Mass. 756 (2012)

D.H. v. R.R.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Worcester.

March 28, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Stanton for the father.

Brian R. Pariser for Department of Children & Families.

Dorothy Meyer Storrow for the child.

Pauline Quirion & Christina Paradiso , for Children's Law Center of Massachusetts & others, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: IRELAND, C.J., SPINA, CORDY, BOTSFORD, GANTS, DUFFLY, & LENK, JJ.


GANTS, J.

When Karen (pseudonym) was born on November 21, 2007, D.H., her mother, was married but living with R.R., who believed that he was Karen's biological father and did not know that the mother was married to another man (husband). The day after Karen's birth, the mother and R.R. executed a voluntary acknowledgment of parentage in which the mother swore or affirmed that she was not married, and R.R. acknowledged his...

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