IN RE PATERNITY OF B.W.S.

No. 84-2547.

131 Wis.2d 301 (1986)

388 N.W.2d 615

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"Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided June 24, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the respondent-appellant-petitioner there were briefs by Thomas W. Batterman and Terwilliger, Wakeen, Piehler, Conway & Klingberg, S.C., Wausau, and oral argument by Mr. Batterman.

For the petitioner-respondent there was a brief by Gary R. Weidner and Hanaway, Ross, Hanaway, Weidner & Garrity, S.C., Green Bay, and oral argument by Gary R. Weidner.


BABLITCH. J.

The circuit court's judgment named W.G.N. as the father of B.W.S., a nonmarital child, and ordered W.G.N. to support the child. W.G.N. appeals, arguing that an agreement which he and the child's mother, L.M.S., executed in settlement of a Michigan paternity action relating to this child bars the child from bringing an action for support in Wisconsin. W.G.N. also argues that court abused its discretion in setting...

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