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IN RE PATERNITY OF B.W.S.

No. 84-2547.

125 Wis.2d 212 (1985)

371 N.W.2d 379

IN RE the PATERNITY OF B.W.S.: Gary R. WEIDNER, Guardian ad Litem for B.W.S., Petitioner-Respondent, v. W.G.N., Respondent-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided June 4, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there were briefs by Terwilliger, Wakeen, Piehler, Conway & Klingbert, S.C., of Wausau.

For the respondent there was a brief by Hanaway, Ross, Hanaway, Weidner & Garrity, S.C., of Green Bay.

Before Dean, LaRocque, and Moser, JJ.

LAROCQUE, J.

W.G.N. appeals a judgment requiring him to pay child support for B.W.S., his illegitimate son. He claims that a prior judgment of a Michigan court approving a lump sum settlement is owed full faith and credit in Wisconsin. Because the Michigan judgment and the statute on which it was based violate the equal protection clause of the federal constitution, the Michigan judgment is not entitled to full faith and credit. We therefore affirm the Wisconsin judgment...

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