IN RE PARENTAGE OF J.M.K.

No. 75563-9.

119 P.3d 840 (2005)

In the Matter of the PARENTAGE OF J.M.K and D.R.K. Teresa Brock, Petitioner, v. Michael J. Kepl, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided September 15, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Boyd Scott Wiley, Daniel W. Smith, Campbell Dille Barnett Smith & Wiley, Talis Merle Abolins, Campbell Dille Barnett, Puyallup, for Petitioner.

Christopher Martin Constantine of Counsel Inc. PS, Tacoma, Respondent.


MADSEN, J.

¶ 1 Petitioner Teresa Brock challenges the Court of Appeals' decision reversing the trial court's summary judgment determining the paternity of her two boys. Michael Kepl, the biological father, signed a paternity affidavit for the older child but not for the younger child. The trial court determined that the biological father was the legal (natural) father for both boys. The Court of Appeals reversed, agreeing with the biological father that, as a...

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