District of Columbia ex rel. W.J.D. v. E. McB.

This is a case that already has been before this court on one occasion. District of Columbia ex rel. W.J.D. v. EM. (W.J.D. I), 467 A.2d 457 (D.C.1983) (statutory limitations period on paternity actions unconstitutional). The present appeal is from the dismissal of an action to determine paternity. After the trial court ordered human leukocyte antigen (HLA) testing on its own motion, it sustained the putative father’s objection and excluded the results of the test; the court then dismissed the case on the ground that the District had failed to carry its burden of establishing paternity.

Prior…