Legal Opinion

Beck v. Beck

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided August 26, 1963No. 20446PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Sutton.

The sole issue presented by this record is whether defendant in error, Raymond Russell Beck, was entitled to a favorable judgment on the issue of paternity of a minor child in the trial court. This in turn, however, depends upon whether a blood test considered by the court was both admissible and sufficient to overcome the presumption of legitimacy.

The evidence was conflicting as to whether the husband had access to the wife Bonnie Jean Beck during the possible period of conception. At the conclusion of the trial the court directed a verdict in favor of the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. KitchenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
  2. Lanford v. LanfordSupreme Court of Colorado · 1962
  3. Commonwealth v. GromoSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1959
  4. Prochnow v. ProchnowWisconsin Supreme Court · 1957
  5. Limberg v. LimbergWisconsin Supreme Court · 1958

3Cited by23 opinions

  1. State v. CampSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1974
  2. Houghton v. HoughtonNebraska Supreme Court · 1965
  3. In Re the Marriage of SchnecklothSupreme Court of Iowa · 1982
  4. Anonymous v. AnonymousCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1969
  5. People in Interest of Rm & WmColorado Court of Appeals · 1975

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