State ex rel. Utah State Department of Social Services v. Woods

OPINION

ORME, Judge:

Appellant Woods seeks reversal of the trial court’s holding that he was the father of respondent Mary Turpin’s child. Woods contends the court erred in accepting an expert’s testimony on the probability of Woods’ paternity. Woods claims that the court should not have received the expert’s testimony on the results of the HLA blood test because the testimony failed to meet the foundational standards required in Phillips v. Jackson, 615 P.2d 1228 (Utah 1980).

FACTUAL BACKGROUND

A child was bom to Mary Turpin on July 22, 1983. Turpin testified at trial that appellant Woods was…