State, Ex Rel. Pula v. Beehler

OPINION

NIERENGARTEN, Judge.

The State of Minnesota commenced a paternity action against respondent Mark Beehler alleging that Beehler was the father of Pamela Pula’s child. A jury returned a special verdict for Beehler. The trial court denied Pula’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict and, alternatively, for a new trial. We affirm.

FACTS

On July 23, 1981, appellant Pamela Pula, then age 17, and respondent Mark Beehler then 15 years old, engaged in their sole act of sexual intercourse. No birth control devices were used. According to Pula, her last menstrual period was July 11. On…