IN RE the PATERNITY OF JOSHUA A. E.:
STATE of Wisconsin, Petitioner-Appellant,
v.
JODY A. E., Respondent-Respondent,
The Honorable J. MAC DAVIS, Waukesha County Circuit Court, Intervenor-Respondent.
IN RE the PATERNITY OF LUCAS D. B.:
STATE of Wisconsin, Petitioner-Appellant,
v.
TIMOTHY J. B., Respondent-Respondent,
The Honorable J. MAC DAVIS, Waukesha County Circuit Court, Intervenor-Respondent.
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Oral argument September 2, 1992.
Decided September 30, 1992.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
On behalf of the petitioner-appellant, there were briefs submitted by Steven R. Schmitz, assistant corporation counsel. There was oral argument by Steven R. Schmitz.
On behalf of the intervenor-respondent, there was a brief submitted by James E. Doyle, attorney general, and James H. McDermott, assistant attorney general. There was oral argument by James H. McDermott.
On behalf of the amicus curiae, there was a brief submitted by James M. Brennan and Kathleen A. Thiemann of the Legal Aid Society of Milwaukee, Inc. There was oral argument by Kathleen A. Thiemann.
There was a brief submitted by Sherwood K. Zink of the Wisconsin Department of Health and Social Services. There was oral argument by Sherwood K. Zink.
Before Nettesheim, P.J., Brown and Anderson, JJ.
Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.
BROWN, J.
The issue is whether the mother of a child is a necessary party to a paternity action such that she must be served with a summons and petition unless unfeasible.1 In each of these cases, the trial court answered the issue in the affirmative. It dismissed each case after determining that the state refused to join the mother to a paternity suit and gave no feasible reason. We uphold the trial court.
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