Legal Opinion

W.H.W. v. J.J.

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided March 18, 1999No. 97-IA-00824-SCTPublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PRATHER, Chief Justice,

for the Court:

STATEMENT OF THE FACTS AND CASE

¶ 1. EJW and JJ were married in 1975. WHW began an adulterous affair with *991EJW while she was married to JJ, and, in November, 1986, EJW gave birth to twins named JJJ and MBJ. EJW and JJ divorced on grounds of irreconcilable differences in 1990; EJW did not disclose her affair with WHW until after the divorce. The divorce decree found the twins to be issues of the marriage, and JJ and EJW were awarded joint custody of the children.

¶2. In 1991, WHW and EJW married. The couple obtained, without JJ’s consent, blood tests which…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Ivy v. HarringtonMississippi Supreme Court · 1994
  2. Matter of Estate of ChambersMississippi Supreme Court · 1998

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. J.P.M. v. T.D.M.Mississippi Supreme Court · 2006
  2. Rafferty v. PerkinsMississippi Supreme Court · 2000
  3. Mississippi Department of Human Services ex rel. Allen v. SanfordMississippi Supreme Court · 2003
  4. Jpm v. TdmMississippi Supreme Court · 2006
  5. Lisa Marie Fry Perkins Rafferty v. Vernon Wayne Perkins, Jr.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1997

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