STATE ON BEHALF OF KREMIN v. GRAHAM

Nos. 81-846, 81-984.

318 N.W.2d 853 (1982)

STATE of Minnesota on Behalf of Marianne KREMIN, petitioner, Respondents, v. Jimmy Lee GRAHAM, Appellant. Jean Marie PEARSON, and County of Anoka, Respondents, v. Lawrence LeRoy LOEFFLER, Defendant, Scott Rosequist, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

May 7, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arndt & Benton, Minneapolis, for Graham in No. 81-846 and Rosequist in No. 81-984.

James Clifford, County Atty., and John D. Ellenbecker, Asst. County Atty., Center City, for State on behalf of Kremin in No. 81-846.

Robert W. Johnson, County Atty., and Robert A. Stanich, Asst. County Atty., Anoka, for Pearson and County of Anoka in No. 81-984.

Considered and decided by the court en banc without oral argument.


WAHL, Justice.

These consolidated appeals challenge the constitutionality of Minn.Stat. § 257.62, subd. 1 (1980), which provides for compulsory blood tests in paternity actions upon the request of a party to the action or on the court's own motion. Appellant putative fathers, who appeal from orders that they submit to blood tests, contend that (1) the statute is primarily designed to further private interests and, therefore, is not proper legislation under the...

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