Legal Opinion

In Re Paternity of RM

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided December 30, 2010No. 45A04-1001-JP-14PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

BROWN, Judge.

K.B. ("Putative Father") appeals the trial court's order granting the motion filed by S.M. ("Mother") to dismiss his petition to establish paternity of Mother's child, R.M., based on the doctrine of laches. Because Mother designated evidence in support of her motion to dismiss, we review the trial court's order as one granting summary judgment. Putative Father raises three issues, one of which we find dis-positive, that is whether the designated evidence supports the trial court's conclusion that Putative Father's petition to establish paternity is barred by laches as a…

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. In Re Paternity of RMIndiana Court of Appeals · 2010
  2. Livesay v. National Credit Systems IncDistrict Court, N.D. Indiana · 2022

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