DOHERTY v. LEON

No. 2 CA-CV 2019-0124-FC.

472 P.3d 531 (2020)

Raymond Joseph DOHERTY, Petitioner/Appellant, v. Giovanah Lexus LEON and Dominique Leon, Respondents/Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 2.

Filed July 28, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Cavanagh Law Firm P.A., Phoenix, By Helen R. Davis , Timea R. Hanratty , and Nicholas J. Brown , Counsel for Petitioner/Appellant.

Child and Family Law Clinic, Tucson, By Paul D. Bennett , a clinical professor appearing pursuant to Rule 38(c), Ariz. R. Sup. Ct., and Nancy Sjostram, Bethany Munson, Dakota Francis, and Wayne Koelemeyer, students certified pursuant to Rule 39(c), Ariz. R. Sup. Ct. Counsel for Respondent/Appellee Dominique Leon.

Chief Judge Vásquez authored the opinion of the Court, in which Presiding Judge Staring concurred and Judge Brearcliffe specially concurred.


OPINION

¶1 In this appeal, we are asked to consider the trial court's application of two competing presumptions in a paternity action. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the court's denial of Raymond ("Ray") Doherty's "request for adjudication of paternity" based on the court's determination that the...

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