State ex rel. A. T. v. E. W.

The opinion of December 6, 1996, is withdrawn and the following is substituted therefor.

This case presents the question whether a defendant in a paternity proceeding, who was judicially declared to be the father of a child, can reopen the ease if he can show that there is scientific evidence to show that he is not the father. In view of the fact that the issue arose in a proceeding in which the mother was seeking to modify child support payments, this case presents the further question: Does Alabama law require a man who has been determined not to be the biological father of a child to be…