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IN RE PATERNITY OF J.L.K.

No. 88-1741.

151 Wis.2d 566 (1989)

445 N.W.2d 673

IN RE the PATERNITY OF J.L.K.: J.L.K., Petitioner-Respondent, v. J.J., Respondent-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided July 5, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of respondent-appellant there were briefs filed by Jerry H. Gonzalez of Milwaukee.

On behalf of petitioner-respondent, there was a brief by Harvey G. Samson of Bollenbeck, Block, Seymour, Rowland & Samson, S.C. of Appleton.

An amicus curiae brief was filed on behalf of Department of Health and Social Services of the State of Wisconsin, Office of Child Support by Donald J. Hanaway, attorney general, and Donald P. Johns, assistant attorney general, of the Wisconsin Department of Justice, and of counsel Sherwood K. Zink of the Wisconsin Office of Child Support, Madison.

Before Cane, P.J., LaRocque and Myse, JJ.

CANE, P.J.

J.J. appeals a judgment determining that he is the father of J.L.K. He contends that the trial court abused its discretion when it admitted the results of DNA testing. We conclude that the trial court properly admitted DNA fingerprinting evidence in accordance with sec. 767.48, Stats. (1985-86). We reject J.J.'s remaining arguments that the trial court erroneously excluded evidence as to the probable paternity of a witness excluded by blood tests, permitted...

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