Legal Opinion
R.P. v. State ex rel. M.G.R.
Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama
Decided February 9, 2007No. 2050969PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MOORE, Judge.
R.P., who has previously been adjudicated to be the father of C.R., appeals from the Madison Juvenile Court’s dismissal of his “Petition to Re-open Paternity Determination.” The issue presented for review is whether prior denial of a motion for genetic testing precludes a subsequent petition to reopen a paternity judgment pursuant to § 26-17A-1, Ala.Code 1975, under the doctrine of res judicata? We answer that question in the negative and reverse.
The pertinent facts disclosed by the record show that the juvenile court adjudicated R.P. to be the father of C.R. in May 1995. In…
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