Mulligan v. Corbett

LAWRENCE F. RODOWSKY (Retired, specially assigned), J.

This case calls upon us to delve once again into the issue of genetic testing to determine paternity. In particular we are asked to determine whether a man who claims to be the father of a child conceived while the mother was married to another man, but born after the mother and her husband divorced, has an unconditional right to genetic testing to determine whether he is the biological father. The question requires us to identify which of two statutory schemes dictates the outcome.

The Paternity Proceedings subtitle (“Paternity subtitle”),…