People Ex Rel. Yarn v. Yarn

We are called upon to determine whether a defendant in a paternity suit, having submitted to a blood test which excludes him as a father, may be compelled to submit to an additional test.

On November 1, 1977, plaintiff, Evelyn Yam, filed a complaint charging that defendant, her former husband, was the father of a child bom out of wedlock. On December 1, 1977, defendant appeared and requested a blood test. The trial court ordered the parties to submit to a blood test at Mt. Sinai Hospital. The test results were submitted to the court by a letter signed by Dr. Chang Ling Lee, the hospital’s…