State v. Dodd

SHRUM, Judge.

This is a ease brought under Missouri’s version of the Uniform Parentage Act, § 210.817 et seq,1 in which the trial court adjudged Brian Eugene Dodd (Father) to be the natural father of S_ M_ S_. This appeal presents two issues:

1. Did Father’s failure to request a jury trial “within ninety days of the first responsive pleading” as required by § 210.839 result in a waiver of his right to trial by jury?

2. Did the trial court err when it admitted blood test results over Father’s objection that the proponent of the evidence had to present live expert testimony “to establish proper…