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CONTEMPT FINDING: IN RE PATERNITY OF T.P.L.

No. 83-2064.

120 Wis.2d 328 (1984)

354 N.W.2d 759

IN RE the FINDING OF CONTEMPT IN: IN RE the PATERNITY OF T.P.L.: J.P.L., Petitioner-Respondent, v. J.H., Jr., Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided July 24, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant the cause was submitted on the briefs of Phillip A. Arieff, assistant state public defender, of Milwaukee.

For the petitioner-respondent the cause was submitted on the briefs of Margaret P. Beckwith, assistant corporation counsel, of Milwaukee.

Before Wedemeyer, P.J., Decker and Moser, JJ.

WEDEMEYER, P.J.

J.H., Jr. appeals from an order holding him in contempt for refusing to submit to a blood test ordered in the course of this paternity proceeding. On appeal he raises one issue: Whether the trial court had the authority to issue a contempt order for his refusal. We affirm for two reasons: The court possesses inherent authority to impose contempt and the legislature has specifically conferred the requisite authority.

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