Legal Opinion
Petition of Bruce
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided September 21, 1994No. 93-1109PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ANDREASEN, Justice.
In this case the petitioner seeks visitation or custody of a child born out of wedlock. The respondent mother moved to dismiss because the petitioner is not the father of the child. The district court granted her motion.
On appeal, we transferred the case to the Iowa Court of Appeals who then reversed and remanded the ease to the district court. Bruce v. Sarver, 472 N.W.2d 631, 632 (Iowa App.1991). On remand the district court found that although the blood test results establish petitioner is not the biological father of the child, the mother is estopped from denying his…
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