State ex rel. West Virginia Department of Health & Human Resources, Child Support Division ex rel. Laura F.M. v. Cline

WORKMAN, Justice:

This case is before the Court upon the petition of the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, Child Support Enforcement Division (“CSED” or “Petitioner”), seeking to prohibit a paternity test ordered on January 23, 1996, by the Respondent, the Honorable Danny 0. Cline, Judge of the Circuit Court of Braxton County, West Virginia. The Petitioner contends that the circuit court erred in concluding that the subject child, mother and putative father should undergo a blood test when the putative father had previously signed an affidavit establishing his paternity…