Stewart v. Winfrey

David Newbern, Justice.

This is a paternity and child support case in which the appellant, Waymond Stewart, was found to be the natural father of Rokeshia Lafaye Winfrey and was required to pay $70 weekly child support. He argues: (1) there was insufficient evidence that he was the natural father of the child; (2) the separation of powers doctrine was violated in the adoption of the child support chart; (3) the child support chart discriminates against legitimate non-divorce children in contravention of the equal protection clause.

A blood test showing a 99.27 % probability that Stewart was the…