Legal Opinion
People ex rel. Hughes v. Walker
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided February 29, 1996No. 4 — 95 — 0453PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McCULLOUGH
In July 1994 the respondent Troy Walker appeared in a paternity action filed by the Illinois Department of Public Aid (Department) on behalf of Debra Hughes and her minor child. Counsel was appointed for defendant and blood tests ordered at that time. Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) analysis of the blood samples of Walker, Hughes and the minor child showed a combined paternity index of 594 to 1 and a probability of paternity in Walker of 99.83% as compared to an untested, unrelated male of the North American black population. The test results were sent to Walker and filed with the court. The…
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