Roe v. State

Jack Holt, Jr., Chief Justice.

This is a paternity case in which the appellee, State of Arkansas, County Support Enforcement Unit ex rel. Evelyn Williams (CSEU), sought to establish the appellant, Ronnie Roe, as the father of Mandie A. Williams, who’was born on April 11, 1978, to Evelyn Williams.

At a hearing in the County Court of Crawford County on October 20, 1988, Mr. Roe requested blood testing pursuant to Ark. Code Ann. § 9-10-108 (1987). The County Court granted the request and appointed National Paternity Laboratories, Inc. (NPL) of Dayton, Ohio, to perform the tests. NPL submitted a…