J.W.L. BY J.L.M. v. A.J.P.

No. 49A02-9601-JV-20.

672 N.E.2d 966 (1996)

In re the Paternity of J.W.L., by her next friend J.L.M., Appellants-Petitioners, v. A.J.P., Appellee-Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Indiana.

November 13, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pamela Carter, Attorney General, Jon Laramore, Deputy Attorney General, Indianapolis, for Appellant.

Michael Cheerva, Gale M. Phelps, Phelps & Fara, Indianapolis, for Appellee.


KIRSCH, Judge.

J.W.L. (Child), by her next friend J.L.M. (Mother), appeals the dismissal of her paternity action brought against appellee-respondent, A.J.P. The issue presented is whether a child is barred by principles of full faith and credit or res judicata from bringing a paternity action in Indiana when a foreign divorce judgment lists the child as a child of the marriage between the child's mother and someone other than the person named in the Indiana paternity...

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