J.P.C. v. O.C.B.

ROBERTSON, Presiding Judge.

J.P.C. (“the putative father”) appeals from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, Bessemer Division, declaring him to be the legal father of J.S.B., a child born during the marriage of O.C.B. (“the mother”) and R.B. (“the former husband”). Because the mother did not timely initiate a paternity action against the putative father, we reverse and remand with instructions.

The mother and the former husband were married in 1978. In 1985, the mother began having an affair with the putative father. In December 1986, while the mother and the putative father…