IN RE PATERNITY OF K.J.E.

No. 91-2212-FT.

168 Wis.2d 209 (1992)

483 N.W.2d 588

IN RE the PATERNITY OF K.J.E.: L.R.E., Petitioner-Respondent, v. R.E.J., a/k/a H.J., Jr., Respondent-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided March 18, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the respondent-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Paul Barrett of Barrett Law Offices, Ltd. of Elkhorn.

On behalf of the petitioner-respondent, the cause was submitted on the brief of Michael S. Haggenjos, assistant corporation counsel.

Before Nettesheim, P.J., Brown and Snyder, JJ.


BROWN, J.

The issue in this paternity case is whether R.E.J. waived his personal jurisdiction defense when he completed, signed and returned the form entitled "Waiver of First Appearance" to the circuit court prior to objecting to jurisdiction. The trial court ruled that he did, and we granted R.E.J.'s petition to review this nonfinal order because two unpublished decisions of the court of appeals had reached opposite conclusions on the issue. Because we hold that...

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