Roddenberry v. Roddenberry

Marshall, Chief Justice.

The question for decision in this case is whether the appellant-former husband may, through an extraordinary motion for new trial, relitigate the issue of child paternity, where he entered into a settlement agreement incorporated into the parties’ divorce decree in which he recognized the parties’ child as his own, agreed to pay child support, and waived his right to modify or revise the agreement or decree. The superior court denied the appellant’s motion. We granted his application for discretionary appeal. For reasons which follow, we affirm.

The appellant-former…