KIELER v. C.A.T. BY TRAMMEL

No. 02A04-9302-JV-37.

616 N.E.2d 34 (1993)

Alan W. KIELER, Appellant (Defendant below), v. C.A.T., BY Next Friend, C.S.T., by Next Friend, Dede A. TRAMMEL, Appellee (Petitioner below).

Court of Appeals of Indiana, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied August 17, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerrald A. Crowell, Moss, Crowell, Harris, Yates & Long, Fort Wayne, for appellant.

Pamela Carter, Atty. Gen., Geoff Davis, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellee.


MILLER, Judge.

This case involves a pure question of law: Whether the doctrine of res judicata bars a paternity action by a child where a judgment has been rendered against the mother in a previous paternity action in which the child was not a party.

The trial court found it does not. We agree and affirm.

FACTS

On June 8, 1989, Dede A. Trammel [Trammel] became the mother of twin boys, C.A.T. and C.S.T. About six weeks later, she filed...

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