R. F. v. D. G. W.

No. C-816.

560 P.2d 837 (1977)

R. F., Petitioner, v. D. G. W., Respondent, In the Interest of J. M. W., a child.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

March 7, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fogel, Keating & Wagner, William L. Keating, Denver, for petitioner.

Sonheim & Helm, Darrel L. Matteson, Arvada, for respondent.


PRINGLE, Chief Justice.

R.F., the petitioner here, appealed to the Colorado Court of Appeals from a refusal by a trial court to set aside a default judgment entered against him in a paternity case. The court of appeals affirmed the judgment of the trial court. People in Interest of J.M.W., 36 Colo.App. 398, 542 P.2d 392 (1975). We granted certiorari and we now reverse.

In February, 1974, a Petition in Paternity Proceedings...

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