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STATE, DEPT. OF SOCIAL SERVICES v. WRIGHT

736 S.W.2d 84 (1987)

STATE, ex rel. DEPARTMENT of SOCIAL SERVICES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Ralph Eugene WRIGHT, Jr., Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

August 31, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W.J. Michael Cody, Atty. Gen. and Reporter, Debra K. Inglis, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for plaintiff-appellant.

Billy H. Leffew, Rockwood, for defendant-appellee.

OPINION

FONES, Justice.

This direct appeal involves the constitutionality of establishing paternity pursuant to procedures set out in the Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement Support Act [URESA], T.C.A. §§ 36-5-201, et seq.

In May of 1986, the Department of Social Services for the County of St. Clair, Michigan, filed, on behalf of a minor child, a "Complaint to Adjudicate Paternity Under the Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act...

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