AMBER J.F. v. RICHARD B.

No. 95-2656.

205 Wis.2d 510 (1996)

557 N.W.2d 84

IN RE the PATERNITY OF AMBER J.F.: AMBER J.F., Petitioner-Respondent, v. RICHARD B., Respondent-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided October 17, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the respondent-appellant the cause was submitted on the briefs of David J. O'Leary of O'Leary Law Office of Janesville.

For the petitioner-respondent the cause was submitted on the brief of John R. Dade of Dade & Brellenthin of Whitewater.

Before Vergeront, Roggensack, and Deininger, JJ.


ROGGENSACK, J.

Richard B. appeals an order reinstating a paternity action filed against him by Amber J.F. Richard asserts that res judicata and collateral estoppel1 bar Amber's action, because an earlier paternity action brought by Amber's mother, Lynn M., resulted in a jury finding that Richard was not Amber's father. However, because Amber was not a party to, nor in privity with the petitioner...

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