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IN RE PATERNITY OF D.A.A.P.

No. 83-051.

117 Wis.2d 120 (1983)

344 N.W.2d 200

IN RE the PATERNITY OF D.A.A.P.: STATE of Wisconsin, Petitioner-Respondent, v. A.W.O., Respondent-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided December 27, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the respondent-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Schoone, McManus, Hankel & Ware, S.C., attorneys, and Kent A. Tess-Mattner, of counsel, of Racine.

For the petitioner-respondent, the cause was submitted on the brief of Lynn M. Bureta, Assistant Corporation Counsel, of Kenosha.

Before Scott, C.J., Brown, P.J., and Nettesheim, J.

SCOTT, C.J.

A.W.O, appeals from an order holding him in contempt for refusing to take a court-ordered HLA blood test under sec. 767.46 (4), Stats. The primary issue before us is whether a trial court has the authority to find a party in civil contempt for refusing to submit to a blood test.1 We hold that it does.

On April 3, 1981, W.S.P. filed a paternity complaint alleging that A.W.O. was the father of her child, D.A.A.P. A.W...

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