State ex rel. Newton v. Conklin

CROW, Presiding Judge.

This original proceeding in prohibition arises from an action under the Uniform Parentage Act (“UPA”), C.C.S.S.B. 328, Laws 1987, pp. 646-53, effective July 15, 1987, codified as §§ 210.817-.852, RSMo Supp.1987. Before discussing the issues confronting us it is necessary to set forth the relevant details of that action (“the underlying case”).

Plaintiffs in the underlying case are B_ W_B_(“the child”), allegedly bom in 1983, and his mother, T_ A_ B_ The relief sought by the plaintiffs in the underlying case includes an order declaring Denver Wesley Newton, Jr. (“Denver”),…