County of San Diego v. Mason

Opinion

HUFFMAN, Acting P. J.

Michel Mason appeals a judgment of paternity issued by the San Diego County Superior Court based on Mason’s failure to comply with an order to submit to a DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) paternity test at a county contracted laboratory. Mason contends that he has a constitutionally protected privacy interest in his DNA that grants him the right to *379select a private facility to conduct the paternity test in place of the laboratory with which the San Diego County Department of Child Support Services1 maintains an ongoing contractual relationship. Because Mason’s privacy…