CUTCHEMBER v. PAYNE

No. 81-1045.

466 A.2d 1240 (1983)

Kathy M. CUTCHEMBER, Appellant, v. Joseph PAYNE, Jr., Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided September 19, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Diana M. Savit, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., with whom Judith W. Rogers, Corp. Counsel, and Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., were on brief, for appellant. Philip T. VanZile III, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., also entered an appearance for appellant.

David A. Lee, Washington, D.C., for appellee.

Before NEBEKER, PRYOR and TERRY, Associate Judges.


NEBEKER, Associate Judge:

This is an appeal of a trial court ruling disallowing the introduction of the results of a human leukocyte antigen (HLA) test into evidence. These results would have demonstrated a high degree of probability that appellee fathered appellant's child. Implicit in the trial court's ruling is the determination that an HLA test is a blood test within the purview of D.C.Code § 16-2343 (1981), the results of which are, therefore, inadmissible...

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