Greenstreet v. Clark

MASON, Justice.

This matter comes before us as a result of this court’s order granting appellant, petitioner in a proceeding brought under chapter 252A, The Code, 1971, (Uniform Support of Dependents Law), permission to take an interlocutory appeal from the trial court’s ruling granting respondent’s demand for a jury trial on the issue of paternity.

The appeal presents two questions for review: (1) whether the issue of paternity may be determined in a support action brought pursuant to chapter 252A, The Code, 1971, and (2) whether a jury trial may be allowed under this chapter on the question…