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STATE v. CORNETT

No. 40854.

391 P.2d 277 (1964)

STATE of Oklahoma ex rel. Carnie A. EVERTSON, Petitioner, v. J. C. CORNETT, Judge of the District Court of Osage County, Oklahoma, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

April 7, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles R. Gray, W.N. Palmer, Pawhuska, for petitioner.

Fred A. Tillman, Don Hampton, Pawhuska, for respondent.

JACKSON, Justice.

This original action for writ of mandamus presents a question of first impression in this state as to whether a trial court in a divorce proceeding has judicial power to order blood tests for a child whose paternity is questioned.

It arose out of a case in which the wife sued the husband for divorce. The petition alleged, among other things, that the parties had been married since 1951 and that one...

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