R.E. v. C.E.W.

¶ 5. “The presumption that a child born in wedlock is the legitimate child of the husband is one of the strongest presumptions known to law ...” Deer v. State Dept, of Public Welfare, 518 So.2d 649, 652 (Miss.1988) (citing Baker ex rel. Williams v. Williams, 503 So.2d 249, 253 (Miss. 1987); Brabham v. Brabham, 483 So.2d 341, 343 (Miss.1986)). In this case such a presumption existed, and since the issue was not raised at the time of the couple’s divorce, the putative father (A.C.W.) is thus estopped from doing so now. There is something very wrong with a decision which allows any father who…