IN RE PATERNITY OF C.A.V.M.

No. 2005AP77.

718 N.W.2d 729 (2006)

2006 WI App 104

In re the PATERNITY OF C.A.V.M. Shannon E. T., Petitioner-Appellant, Bye, Goff & Rohde, Ltd., Appellants, v. Alicia M. V.M. an individual, by her guardians, Patricia N. and Brian V.M., Respondents-Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Opinion Filed May 25, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the petitioner-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Ardell W. Skow, Doar, Drill & Skow S.C., Baldwin. On behalf of the appellant, the cause was submitted on the brief of C.M. Bye, Bye, Goff & Rohde, Ltd., River Falls.

On behalf of the respondents-respondents, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Richard W. Zalewski and Michael J. Roman, Zalewski, Klinner & Kramer, LLP, Wausau.

Before LUNDSTEN, P.J., DYKMAN and VERGERONT, JJ.


¶ 1 VERGERONT, J.

Shannon E.T. appeals from an order dismissing an action under WIS. STAT. § 767.451 to establish his paternity of C.A.V.M., stillborn as the result of a motor vehicle accident. Shannon brought this action to establish his paternity for the purpose of the wrongful death action that he had already initiated. We conclude that § 767.45(1) does not permit a man alleging he is the father to bring a paternity action...

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