State, Department of Revenue Ex Rel. Carnley v. Lynch

The Department of Revenue (“the Department”), Petitioner, seeks a writ of cer-tiorari quashing a non-final order requiring Elizabeth Carnley and her child to submit to genetic paternity testing requested by Kenneth Lynch, Respondent, and ordered by the circuit court on the recommendation of a child support enforcement hearing officer. Because Lynch failed to show good cause to justify the hearing officer’s recommendation, we hold that the circuit court departed from the essential requirements of the law. Because this departure may result in harm that cannot be remedied on appeal, 1 we grant…