IN INTEREST OF W. M. V.

Civ. No. 9445.

268 N.W.2d 781 (1978)

In the Interest of W. M. V. Clarence O. OHLSEN, Director of Grand Forks County Social Service Board and A. M. V., Petitioners and Appellants, v. J. S., Respondent and Appellee.

Supreme Court of North Dakota.

July 13, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jay H. Fiedler, of Letnes, Marshall & Hunter, Grand Forks, for petitioners and appellants; argued by Steven A. Hanson, Law Student.

Wayne K. Stenehjem and Thomas J. Kuchera, Grand Forks, for respondent and appellee; argued by Thomas Kuchera.

Sherrilynn Sperling Smith, Asst. Atty. Gen., Bismarck, for the Social Service Board of North Dakota, amicus curiae.


ERICKSTAD, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal by Clarence O. Ohlsen, director of the Grand Forks Social Service Board, as guardian ad litem for W. M. V., a minor, from a summary judgment granted by the Grand Forks County District Court dismissing his action to establish the legal paternity of W. M. V. and to obtain an order requiring the putative father, J. S., to contribute to the support of W. M. V.

W. M. V. was born out of wedlock on April 7, 1971. His mother...

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