Shaw v. Seward

REYNOLDS, Judge.

This case is before us on discretionary review of the Kenton Circuit Court’s order affirming a paternity determination against the appellant. Appellant, an indigent putative father, by an agreed narrative statement, admits that no facts are in contention, but asserts that his due process and equal protection rights were violated by the court’s refusal to order the county or the Commonwealth to pay for HLA Blood Tests, and by the court’s use of a “preponderance of evidence” burden of proof instead of a “clear and convincing” one. Further, the appellant argues that the…