STATE v. MEACHAM

No. 46084.

93 Wn.2d 735 (1980)

612 P.2d 795

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, ET AL, Respondents, v. MICHAEL O'NEAL MEACHAM, Appellant. THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, ET AL, Respondents, v. RICHARD L. WATSON, Appellant.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

June 19, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert H. Stevenson, for appellant Meacham.

Jordan, Brinster, Templeman & Jordan, P.S., by Timothy P. Ryan, for appellant Watson.

Russ Juckett, Prosecuting Attorney, Hugh W. Hawkins, Jr., Special Deputy, and Daniel Radin and Randall W. Yates, Deputies, for respondent.


HICKS, J.

These cases consolidated on appeal arise from actions brought under RCW 26.26, this state's version of the Uniform Law Commission's Uniform Parentage Act.1 Each appellant, a putative father, was ordered to submit to the withdrawal of a small amount of his blood for testing. Each objected on similar constitutional grounds, and took an interlocutory appeal to this court. We affirm the trial court in each case and remand for further...

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