STATE EX REL. TORYAK v. SPAGNUOLO

No. 14939.

292 S.E.2d 654 (1982)

STATE ex rel. Pamela J. TORYAK v. Ralph A. SPAGNUOLO.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

June 23, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

B. Keith Huffman, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charleston, for appellee.

Douglas A. Cornelius, Clarksburg, for appellant.


MILLER, Chief Justice:

The appellant, Ralph A. Spagnuolo, appeals from a final decision of the Circuit Court of Harrison County adjudicating him to be the father of an illegitimate child. The appellant's only assignment of error raises the question of what is the proper standard of proof in a paternity action. The appellant contends that the lower court improperly held that only proof by a preponderance of the evidence was required.

The appellant was arrested...

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