People ex rel. J.A.U. v. R.L.C.

I. INTRODUCTION

This case requires us to decide whether a man, RL.C., who has previously admitted paternity and been adjudicated the father of a child may, eleven years after the judgment has entered, obtain genetic tests that he believes will assist him in challenging that judgment of paternity. We conclude that he may not.

The trial court denied R.L.C.'s motion for genetic tests, reasoning that Colorado's statutory scheme does not provide for genetic tests after a final judgment of paternity has entered. The court of appeals reversed in In re J.A.U., 33 P.3d 1237, 1238-89 (Colo.App.2001),…