Marriage/Children of Betty L.W. v. William E.W.

This is an appeal by William E.W. (hereinafter “Appellant”)1 from a June 22, 2001, order of the Circuit Court of Taylor County denying his petition to modify child support. The Appellant had discovered, through DNA testing, that he was not the father of a child for whom he had been paying child support. The lower court denied the petition on the basis of res judicata, ruling that the paternity issue had been determined by the Appellant’s admission of paternity and the divorce decree stating that he was the child’s father. On appeal, the Appellant contends that his challenge to the paternity…