STATE EX REL. LANKFORD v. MUNDIE

No. 92-1851.

508 N.W.2d 462 (1993)

STATE ex rel. Chad LANKFORD, Appellant, v. Brian MUNDIE, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Rehearing Denied December 22, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bonnie J. Campbell, Atty. Gen., John M. Parmeter, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., and Jeffrey D. Farrell, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellant.

C. Joseph Coleman, Jr., Fort Dodge, for appellee.

Considered by HARRIS, P.J., and CARTER, LAVORATO, SNELL, and TERNUS, JJ.


HARRIS, Justice.

Two past attempts by the State to establish respondent's paternity were unavailing, the first on a finding it was time barred, and the second on the basis of res judicata. Notwithstanding new legislation intended to obviate these defenses, the trial court also disallowed this third action. We affirm.

The child was born June 17, 1973. In 1979, six-and-one-half years later, the State brought an action (hereafter Mundie I) under what is...

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