STATE EX REL. LeVASSEUR v. MERTEN

60-83-4667; SC S30407.

686 P.2d 366 (1984)

297 Or. 577

STATE ex rel. Ricky LeVasseur, Plaintiff-Relator, v. The Honorable Maurice K. MERTEN, Circuit Court Judge of the Second Judicial District of the State of Oregon, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Oregon, In Banc.

Decided August 21, 1984.

Rehearing Denied October 23, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen J.R. Shepard, Eugene, argued the cause for plaintiff-relator. With him on the brief was Diane DePaolis and Lane County Legal Aid Service, Eugene.

Michael D. Reynolds, Asst. Atty. Gen., argued the cause for defendant. On the brief were Dave Frohnmayer, Atty. Gen., James E. Mountain, Jr., Sol. Gen., and Christine Chute, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salem.


LENT, Justice.

The state, on relation of an unwed mother who receives public assistance, brought a cause in Lane County Circuit Court to establish paternity of her child and to require the putative father to provide support and maintenance for the child. The putative father moved for appointment of experts to conduct blood tests at state expense on himself, the mother and the child for the purpose of developing relevant evidence...

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