4 Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, October 11, 1988 Paternity claim may alter law IN BRIEF Compiled from Associated Press and staff reports IV w LOS ANGELES (AP) - Two men claiming fatherhood of a 7-year- old girl are asking the U.S. Supreme Court today for a Solomon-like deci- sion in a case raising profound questions about marriage, fatherhood and family in American society. "This case arises out of a societal phenomenon of men assuming the responsibility we've always told them to assume as parents" says at- torney Larry Hoffman. Hoffman represents a married couple, Gerald and Carole Dearing, who are fighting a suit by Michael Hirschensohn, Mrs. Dearing's former lover. Hirschensohn, who says he is the biological father of Victoria Dearing, wants visitation rights and "the opportunity to be involved in the child's life." says his attorney, Joel Aronson. "All he wants is to be able to Two men battling over custody take suit to U.S. Supreme Court visit with the child and give the child the warmth and nurturing a parent gives a child." says Aronson. The problem is a California law which mirrors statutes in other states. It holds that a woman's legal husband, unless he is impotent or sterile, is the father of any child born during the marriage. Aronson says the law is outdated and unfair and wants the Supreme Court to overrule it. The lawyer notes the increasing role of stepfathers and stepmothers in the lives of children of divorce and says Victoria would not be unique among her classmates if she was sharing her time with two fathers. The events which created this Gerald and Carole Dearing were married in 1976. There were separa- tions, and from. 1978 to 1984 Mrs. Dearing had an intermittent sexual affair with Hirschensohn. In September 1980, Mrs. Dearing became pregnant. Her husband at- tended Lamaze classes with her and was present in the delivery room when the baby was born by Caesar- ian section on May 11, 1981. "Gerald was the proudest of fa- thers. . ." his lawyer's brief states. But Hirschensohn says Mrs. Dearing told him soon after the baby's birth that the infant probably was his. Mrs. ueanng, ruirsunensohn and the child had blood tests in 1982 which showed a 98.07 percent probability that Hirschensohn was the father. Dearing has not had a blood test and his lawyer claims it is irrelevant because the law says he is the father. In the fall of 1982, Hirschensohn sued to be named the child's legal father. There were upheavals in the Dearing marriage, and Mrs. Dearing and the child lived with Hirschensohn intermittently until April 1984, when she accused him of "peculiar behavior" and obtained a restraining order to keep him away from the little girl. That June she reconciled with her husband in New York. Appeals courts in California have ruled against Hirschensohn, uphold- ing a law they say protects the integrity of the family. S a Cl --- - 1 - 1-__ __ I- !77 UM News in The Daily 764-0552 legal triangle reflect the complexities t1lm 1 s t of life in the 1980s. The facts acknowledged by both lawyers are these:Continued from Page 1 II BUSINSS i Opportunities for Women." During an introductory speech, Duderstadt traced the path of women's progress at the University from 1860, when the first woman was allowed into the institution, to the present day. He hopes to "provide them with encouragement and access" to higher levels of lead- ership in science. "I pledge to work towards this goal," he said. "I grew up in an era where women did what they had to do to do what they want to do," said Good. "Young women of today see it as their right to enter any field they de- sire." It takes more than a desire, she said. "Women who want to lead must be willing to compete and col- laborate." She said employment for men and women is unequal noting that 40 percent of all women faculty are tenured while 70 percent of all male faculty have tenure. Although women have historically made scientific history and are in the fore- front of science today, slightly more than one-fourth of the scientists in the world today are women, she said. Among Dr. Good's awards and achievements are seven honorary de- grees, including one from Duke University, and a medal from the American Chemical Society. Eli Lilly and Company (A Research Based Pharmaceutical Manufacturer) Invites University of Michigan Seniors Interested in Careers as Systems Analysts to a Reception and Presentation Thursday, October 13,1988 Room 1311, EECS Building 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. Resumes are Requested Refreshments Will Be Provided - SWEETEST 1DA4 is October 15th Tell your Sweetheart with a Daily Personal Ad! 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The drug bill is a two-year, $2.6 billion collection of programs rang- ing from an expansion of the availability of treatment programs to a stiffening of penalties for people convicted of distributing drugs to children. But lawmakers are lining up to offer an assortment of amendments that are so contentious that the bill just might be debated to death. Senators and their aides spent the long Columbus Day weekend trying to figure out how to slash the number of amendments the chamber will have to sort through, with Republicans ready to offer six to 10 amendments and Democrats poised to introduce more than 70 others. Quayle answers probes of possible presidential action While George Bush and Michael Dukakis courted the support of Italian Americans yesterday in Columbus Day events, Vice Presidential candidate Dan Quayle again refined his answer to a question that has plagued him - what would he do if he suddenly became President. Quayle said he would speak to the nation and would consult with U.S. allies. "Obviously you do different things under an assassination. The first thing you do in an assassination-I would still say a prayer for myself and the nation-but the first thing you do is get on the phone and call thel head of the CIA and see what he thinks it was. You don't convene a cabinet meeting right away," Quayle said. Today Dukakis and Bush begin preparations for their second and final presidential debate scheduled to begin 9 p.m. Thursday. Pro-choice condemns ads LANSING - Pro-choice advocates yesterday criticized anti-abortion commercials, saying they mislead the public by implying all tax-funde abortions would be stopped by ending them for poor women. Reps. David Hollister, (D-Lansing) and Teola Hunter (D-Detroit), said approval of Proposal A on the Nov. 8 ballot wouldn't put an end to tax-funded abortions. "Any indication that we're going to save money or we're going to end abortions is clearly wrong. It would stop only for the poorest of poor," Hollister said. Medicaid recipients comprise only 18,000 of the 44,000 women obtaining tax-funded abortions each year, Social Services Director C. Patrick Babcock said at a Capitol news conference. Proposal A will let voters decide if a state law banning medicaid-funded abortions for poor women should take effect. Crack users face strokes DETROIT - People who use crack cocaine, even occasionally, face potentially deadly strokes, a three-hospital study on crack-related paralysis and deaths concluded. Some healthy adults who used the drug only several times have be come permanently disabled and others have died, according to re-searchers at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. "The more pure and high potency cocaine seems to be causing the' damage, " said neurologist Dr. Stephen Levine. He said the study also suggests that crack use can lead to permanent heart damage. At Mount Carmel Mercy Hospital in Detroit, more than 50 crack users have been treated in the emergency room this year after complaining of chest pains, Dr. LeRoy Caudill said. Two of those patient suffered strokes and several others sustained heart attacks, Caudill said. EXTRAS. Man seeks sewer silver PITTSBURGH (AP) - Brian Corson has found rings, silver spoons and rare coins while working in sewers, but he says he's gotten selective about what he brings home. "I don't even mess with it anymore unless it's gold," said Corson. In five years of vacuming debris from sewers in 20 suburban communities served by the Char-West Council of governments, Corson has retreived at least 10 gold and silver necklaces, a pair of gold earrings and a silver bracelet. "The necklaces that are in good shape, I give to my wife," said Corson of suburban Kennedy Township. Corson and his wife, Palma, clean the finds with acid. 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