Gerhardt v. C.K.

MARING, Justice.

[¶ 1] C.K. appeals a district court memorandum opinion and order denying his motion for a DNA test to dispute a 1994 adjudication of paternity. C.K. argues on appeal that N.D.C.C. § 14-20-31, which was enacted in 2005, allows him to request additional genetic testing if he agrees to pay in advance for the testing.

[¶ 2] We hold that the law in effect in 1993, the year the original paternity adjudication proceeding was commenced, applies to this matter. Section 14-17-14(1), N.D.C.C. (1993), provides that a judgment adjudicating parentage is “determinative for all purposes.”…