JA v. CJH

Nos. C-95-10, C-95-11.

923 P.2d 758 (1996)

JA, Appellant (Third Party Plaintiff), v. CJH and SA, Appellees (Respondents). STATE OF WASHINGTON, ex rel., DAA, Appellant (Plaintiff), v. CJH and SA, Appellees (Respondents).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

September 16, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rene Botten of Northern Wyoming Law Associates, Sheridan, and Paul G. Jarvis, Guardian ad Litem, Buffalo, for Appellant JA.

Greg L. Goddard, County and Prosecuting Attorney, Johnson County, Buffalo, for Appellant State of Washington ex rel. DAA.

Dennis M. Kirven of Kirven & Kirven, Buffalo, for Appellee CJH.

Before TAYLOR, C.J., and THOMAS, MACY, GOLDEN, and LEHMAN, JJ.


THOMAS, Justice.

In these consolidated cases, the dispositive issue is whether an action can be brought to establish paternity in an alleged putative father in the absence of a timely action to declare the nonexistence of a father and child relationship between the presumed father and the child. The district court dismissed an action brought by the State of Washington (Washington) under the Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act to establish the paternity of...

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