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IN INTEREST OF J.M.

No. 91-CA-1772.

590 So.2d 565 (1991)

In the Interest of the Minor Child, J.M.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

December 2, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pamela A. Moses-Laramore, Tracy S. Pickerell, Baton Rouge, for appellant.

Alan Fishbein, Fishbein & Downs, Author Joiner, Baton Rouge, for appellee.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Thomas S. Halligan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jesse Marks, Asst. Atty. Gen., for State of La.

CALOGERO, Chief Justice.

The defendant, Mr. Z., filed a Petition for Declaratory Judgment in the Family Court of East Baton Rouge Parish alleging that La.R.S. 9:396, which provides for court-ordered blood testing in cases in which paternity is relevant, is not constitutional. The family court agreed and held the statute unconstitutional, whereupon the plaintiff, Ms. B., suspensively appealed that decision to this Court. For the reasons expressed herein, we reverse...

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