Ch. 658

LAWS OF MARYLAND

(b)  Both the mother and the alleged father are competent to
testify at the trial.

(c)  (1) There is a rebuttable presumption that the child is
the legitimate child of the man to whom its mother was married at
the time of conception.

(2)  The presumption set forth in this subsection may
be rebutted by the testimony of a person other than the mother or
her husband [that the mother lived separate and apart from her
husband at the time of conception].

(3)  If it is shown that the mother and husband lived
separate and apart at the time of conception IF THE COURT
DETERMINES THAT THE PRESUMPTION SET FORTH IN THIS SUBSECTION HAS
BEEN REBUTTED BY TESTIMONY OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE MOTHER OR
HER HUSBAND, it is not necessary to establish nonaccess of the
husband to rebut the presumption set forth in this subsection.

(4)  If the court determines that the mother and her
husband lived separate and apart at the time of conception
PRESUMPTION SET FORTH IN THIS SUBSECTION HAS BEEN REBUTTED BY
TESTIMONY OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE MOTHER OR HER HUSBAND, both
the mother and her husband are competent to testify as to the
nonaccess of the husband at the time of conception.

(d)  The alleged father may not be compelled to give
evidence at the trial.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1988.

Approved May 27, 1988.

CHAPTER 658

(House Bill 532)

AN ACT concerning

Health Maintenance Organizations - Certificates of Need
- Sunset Provision

FOR the purpose of altering the termination date for certain
provisions of law relating to certificate of need
requirements for health maintenance organizations or health
care facilities that either control directly or indirectly,
or are controlled by, health maintenance organizations;
altering certain provisions of law so as to exempt health

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