Legal Opinion
In Re the Marriage of Burkey
Colorado Court of Appeals
Decided September 6, 1984No. 83CA0701PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
METZGER, Judge.
The major issue in this appeal is whether a trial court’s determination of paternity in a dissolution of marriage action is valid when, although requested to do so, it failed to follow any of the procedures outlined in the Uniform Parentage Act (U.P.A.), § 19-6-101, et seq., C.R.S. (1978 Repl.Yol. 8). We conclude that such a paternity order is void, and reverse.
In her petition for dissolution of marriage, filed in September 1979, Susan Sinclair Burkey (petitioner) alleged that her son was the issue of a common-law marriage to J. Brent Burkey (respondent). Respondent’s initial…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- McNeece v. McNeeceColorado Court of Appeals · 1977
- Viernes v. DISTRICT COURT IN & FOR FOURTH JUD. DIST.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1973
- Smith v. CaseySupreme Court of Colorado · 1979
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- In re the Marriage of OhrColorado Court of Appeals · 2004
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