STATE DEPT. OF SOCIAL SERVICES v. WOODS

No. 860163-CA.

742 P.2d 118 (1987)

STATE of Utah, By and Through UTAH STATE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, and Mary Turpin, Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. Edward L. WOODS, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Utah.

September 2, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark S. Miner, Salt Lake City, for defendant and appellant.

David L. Wilkinson, Atty. Gen., David Tibbs, Asst. Atty. Gen., for plaintiffs and respondents.

Before ORME, GREENWOOD and BILLINGS, JJ.


OPINION

ORME, Judge:

Appellant Woods seeks reversal of the trial court's holding that he was the father of respondent Mary Turpin's child. Woods contends the court erred in accepting an expert's testimony on the probability of Woods' paternity. Woods claims that the court should not have received the expert's testimony on the results of the HLA blood test because the testimony failed to meet the foundational standards required in Phillips v. Jackson,...

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