State Ex Rel. Bishop v. Travis

HARRIS, Justice.

Respondent believes a jury, not the court, should determine whether he is the father of petitioner’s child. Two methods to establish paternity are provided by alternative Iowa statutes. Traditional actions have long been provided by what is now chapter 675, The Code 1981. Under section 675.18, either party can demand a jury trial, a right in existence since the 1851 Code. Paternity can now also be established as an adjunct to a proceeding under chapter 252A, The Code (uniform support of dependents law). Greenstreet v. Clark, 239 N.W.2d 143, 147 (Iowa 1976). But where a…