HUMBERT v. SMITH

No. 18S04-9602-CV-153.

664 N.E.2d 356 (1996)

Tommy L. HUMBERT, Jr., Appellant (Respondent Below), v. Kristy Lynn SMITH, Appellee (Petitioner).

Supreme Court of Indiana.

May 3, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dale E. Hunt, Muncie, for Appellant.

Pamela Carter, Attorney General of Indiana, Frances Barrow, Deputy Attorney General, Indianapolis, for Appellee.


SHEPARD, Chief Justice.

An Indiana statute aimed at expediting admission of blood tests in paternity cases conflicts with the Indiana Rules of Evidence and thus would normally be void. We have decided to assent to the statute.

During a trial to establish the paternity of her child, Kristy Lynn Smith testified that Tommy L. Humbert, Jr. was the father. Humbert and Smith had one sexual encounter nine months before the child's birth. A court-ordered blood test...

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