Murdock v. Murdock

YOUNG, Judge.

A support order was entered against Terrence R. Murdock requiring him to provide support for his daughter, Melissa. He appeals, raising these statutory and constitutional issues:

1) whether Indiana law requires a trial court to order blood tests upon a party's request; and

2) whether an indigent respondent in a state-initiated support action, who is married to the child's mother but denies paternity, has due process right to blood tests at state expense.

We reverse.

The instant case arose when on September 16, 1982, Helen Murdock, represented by the Marion County Prosecutor's Office,…