G.M. v. A.C.

CONOVER, Judge.

G.M., the putative father of an out-of-wedlock male child (R.C.), appeals the denial of his action to set aside filiation and support on grounds of newly discovered evidence and fraud.

We reverse.

G.M. raises two issues for our review which we restate as one:

1. whether the trial court abused its discretion, in denying, without a hearing, a putative father's petition for relief based on extrinsic fraud.2

A.C., the mother,3 filed a complaint against G.M. alleging paternity, on May 18, 1988. G.M. voluntarily admitted fatherhood. The court entered a finding of paternity on June 7,…