California Court of Appeal

Biological evidence of nonpaternity will not necessarily preclude appellant from attaining presumptive father status, especially where such a finding would upset an existing parent-child relationship without any replacement other than the dependency system; remanded for determination whether appellant meets statutory definition of a "presumed father."

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• Decided 04/15/2002
• Published 04/16/2002

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• California Court of Appeal

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