In re the Marriage of Akon

*52¶1 This action involves a stepfather’s attempt to claim a presumption of paternity based on the alleged invalidity of the mother’s first marriage under Sudanese law because her first husband, the biological father, has not completed payment of his dowry. We conclude that the trial court did not err when it rejected the stepfather’s paternity claim after partially vacating a default judgment. We affirm.

Korsmo, J.

FACTS

¶2 This saga spans southern Sudan to Spokane, and features a civil war, refugees seeking to escape Africa, and a failure of consideration because the war prevented payment of the…