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ROBERTA JO W. v. LEROY W

No. 96-2753.

218 Wis.2d 225 (1998)

578 N.W.2d 185

IN RE the PATERNITY OF ROBERTA JO W.: ROBERTA JO W., Petitioner-Appellant, v. LEROY W., Respondent-Respondent, PORTAGE COUNTY, a quasi-municipal corporation, Intervenor-Respondent.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided May 22, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the petitioner-appellant there were briefs by Shane J. VanderWaal and VanderWaal Law Firm, Wausau and oral argument by Shane J. VanderWaal.

For the respondent-respondent there was brief by Russell T. Golla and Anderson, Shannon, O'Brien, Rice & Bertz, Stevens Point and oral argument by Russell T. Golla.

For the intervenor-respondent there was a brief by Brian G. Formella and Portage County Corporation Counsel, Stevens Point and oral argument by Brian G. Formella.

Amicus Curiae brief was filed by John J. Prentice, Andrew T. Phillips and Prentice & Phillips, Milwaukee, for the Wisconsin Counties Association.

¶ 1. WILLIAM A. BABLITCH, J.

When Roberta Jo W. was 18 years and eight months old and had graduated from high school, she filed a petition requesting determination of paternity and child support. Because paternity had not been established during her minority, child support had never been ordered nor paid. Roberta Jo appeals the order of the circuit court denying her child support. The issue is whether a circuit court has authority to create a retroactive child...

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