W.R.W. v. Bartholomew

This appeal, on certification by the court of appeals, is from an order of the circuit court for Menominee and Shawano counties, Michael G. Eberlein, Circuit Judge, denying an alleged father’s motion to dismiss a paternity action commenced by the guardian ad litem for R.W.L., a minor. The court of appeals certified the appeal to this court “to determine whether an illegitimate child may bring a paternity action under sec. 767.45(1) (a), Stats. [1981-82], when a previous action brought by the district attorney in 1978 under ch. 52, Stats. 1977, was barred because it was not brought within the…