J.D. v. E.W. ex rel. C.W.

STATON, Judge.

As the next friend of E.W., a minor child, C.W., the child's mother, asserted a paternity action against J.D. in Porter County, Indiana In J.D's motion for summary judgment, he contended the issue of E.W.'s paternity had been litigated on the merits in Illinois and res judicata precluded the relitigation of the paternity issue here. Through Ind. Appellate Rule 4(B)(6), J.D. appeals the denial of his motion for summary judgment. J.D. presents one issue for our review, which we restate as:

I. Whether a paternity action may be filed and maintained by a natural mother as "next…