Franklin v. District Court of the Tenth Judicial District

Pursuant to C.A.R. 21, the petitioner sought relief in the nature of prohibition. We issued a rule to show cause and now make that rule absolute.

Petitioner, Fredrick Lee Franklin, is the defendant in a paternity action brought by the Pueblo County Department of Social Services, pursuant to section 19-6-101(1), C.R.S. 1973. Petitioner filed a motion in that action, requesting that blood grouping tests be performed and that the court order that he be relieved from the costs of the tests, because he was an indigent. The respondent court granted the motion for the blood tests but held that the…