Hebner v. Barry

Roger Paul Hebner, the putative father in this paternity action, petitions this court for writ of certiorari asserting that the trial court departed from the essential requirements of law in ordering him to submit to scientific paternity testing.

The child’s mother, Michelle Ann Barry, filed a pro se petition to establish paternity alleging that Hebner was her son’s biological father.

During the proceedings, the trial court determined that, because the woman was married to Martin Barry (the legal father) when the child was conceived, the case was “governed by the holding of Dep’t of Health and…