State, Department of Revenue, Child Support Enforcement v. Kovac

OPINION

BRYNER, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

R.M. was born to the marriage of Richard Romer and Darlene Wright; Romer was thus presumed to be R.M.’s father. Romer and Wright later separated and divorced. Several years afterward, the superior court ruled that Romer was not R.M.’s father and owed him no duty of support. Wright subsequently identified Dusan Kovac as R.M.’s father. Ater genetic testing confirmed the identification, the court entered summary judgment (1) rejecting Kovac’s claim that Romer is R.M.’s father by estoppel, (2) establishing Kovac as the father, and (3) ordering him to pay…