Van Weelde v. Van Weelde

VILLANTI, Judge.

Taylor Van Weelde (the Husband) seeks review of the final judgment of dissolution of his marriage to Emily Van Weelde (the Wife). The Husband takes issue only with the court’s earlier order granting the Wife’s motion for summary judgment and thereby “de-legitimizing” R.D.W., the Wife’s four-year-old son of whom the Husband is the legal — but not biological — father. Because the trial court used the incorrect legal standard when determining whether to grant the motion for summary judgment, we must reverse and remand for further proceedings.

When the Husband and Wife first met,…