JOHNSON v. HUNTER

Nos. C2-88-1765, C2-88-2012.

447 N.W.2d 871 (1989)

Tia Marie JOHNSON and State of Minnesota, Petitioners, Appellants, v. Terry Lee HUNTER, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

November 9, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brad A. Johnson, St. Paul, for appellants.

Jay P. Yunek, Erickson, Zierke, Kuderer, Madsen & Wollschlager, P.A., Fairmont, for respondent.

Heard, considered and decided by the court en banc.


POPOVICH, Chief Justice.

In 1969, Stephanie Johnson Saunders brought a paternity action in Hennepin County alleging Terry Lee Hunter was the father of her daughter, Tia Marie Johnson. That action was orally dismissed with prejudice after Saunders failed to appear at trial. In 1985, Tia Marie Johnson brought a paternity action in Ramsey County against Hunter, which was dismissed based on res judicata after Hunter obtained an order nunc pro tunc reflecting the 1969...

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