PEOPLE EX REL. J.A.U. v. R.L.C.

No. 01SC530.

47 P.3d 327 (2002)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, in the Interest of J.A.U., a child, Petitioner. v. R.L.C., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

May 28, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Tuthill, III, Acting Jefferson County Attorney, Ingrid Holmes, Assistant County Attorney, Kathleen Curley, Assistant County Attorney, Golden, Colorado, Attorneys for Petitioner.

No Appearance by or on behalf of Respondent.


Justice BENDER delivered the Opinion of the Court.

I. INTRODUCTION

This case requires us to decide whether a man, R.L.C., who has previously admitted paternity and been adjudicated the father of a child may, eleven years after the judgment has entered, obtain genetic tests that he believes will assist him in challenging that judgment of paternity. We conclude that he may not.

The trial court denied R.L.C.'s motion for genetic tests, reasoning that...

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