Perkins v. Perkins

In this appeal1 from the denial of a motion to modify a dissolution judgment, the defendant claims that the trial court erred in finding that it lacked jurisdiction to open and modify the judgment on the issue of paternity.

The parties were married on August 7,1971. Difficulties arose over a period of time and the plaintiff moved out of the marital home in April of 1976. That summer, the plaintiff informed the defendant that she was pregnant and that he might not be the father. Because of the plaintiffs emotional instability and in an effort not to alarm her parents, the defendant acted as…