State Ex Rel. Pershall v. Woolsey

Defendant appeals from a judgment in a filiation proceeding in which he was found to be the father of mother’s child. He assigns as error: (1) the trial court’s rejection of defendant’s offer of proof that mother had sexual intercourse with another man around the time of conception; and (2) the trial court’s award for past and future child support, attorney fees, and medical costs in an amount exceeding defendant’s ability to pay.

Mother’s child was born on January 9, 1976. Mother testified that her last menstrual cycle was April 13-17, 1975, and that she first had sexual intercourse with…