IN RE MARRIAGE OF BURKEY

No. 83CA0701.

689 P.2d 726 (1984)

In re the MARRIAGE OF Susan Sinclair BURKEY, Petitioner-Appellee, and J. Brent Burkey, Respondent-Appellant.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. III.

September 6, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan Sinclair Burkey, pro se.

Harshman, Deister, Larson & McBee, T.J. Harshman, Grand Junction, for respondent-appellant.

Stephen A. Hodge, Grand Junction, Guardian Ad Litem.


METZGER, Judge.

The major issue in this appeal is whether a trial court's determination of paternity in a dissolution of marriage action is valid when, although requested to do so, it failed to follow any of the procedures outlined in the Uniform Parentage Act (U.P.A.), § 19-6-101, et seq., C.R.S. (1978 Repl.Vol. 8). We conclude that such a paternity order is void, and reverse.

In her petition for dissolution of marriage, filed in September 1979, Susan...

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