Beb v. Rlb

979 P.2d 514 (1999)

B.E.B., Appellant,

v.

R.L.B., Appellee.

No. S-7586.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

May 14, 1999.

Alan J. Hooper, Law Office of Alan J. Hooper, Fairbanks, for Appellant.

Rita T. Allee, Fairbanks, for Appellee.

Before MATTHEWS, Chief Justice, COMPTON, EASTAUGH, FABE, and BRYNER, Justices.

OPINION

BRYNER, Justice.

This case requires us to chart the boundaries of the paternity by estoppel doctrine. B.E.B. was not the biological father of his wife R.L.B.'s newborn son, K., but for several years treated K. as his own son. When B.E.B. and R.L.B. eventually divorced, the superior court ordered…