Kilpper v. State, Department of Revenue, Child Support Enforcement Division

OPINION

BRYNER, Justice.

Stephen Kilpper acknowledged paternity of a child he did not father. Based on this acknowledgment, the superior court entered a judgment establishing his paternity. Years later, when the Child Support Enforcement Division (CSED)sought to enforce Kilpper’s support obligation, Kilpper moved to disestablish paternity and proved that he was not the biological father. The court granted Kilpper’s motion prospectively; despite Kilp-per’s request for a hearing on “an equitable defense to the[] claimed arrearages,” the court summarily ordered him to pay all accrued support. We…