Legal Opinion
State ex rel. Munoz v. Bravo
Court of Appeals of Arizona
Decided February 9, 1984No. 2 CA-CIV 4855PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HOWARD, Judge.
This appeal from a finding of paternity raises the following questions: (1) Whether the presumption of legitimacy was overcome; (2) whether it was appropriate to admit resemblance evidence, and (3) whether the trial court was correct in admitting the results of HLA blood tests and in admitting calculations of the probability of paternity. We affirm.
PRESUMPTION OF LEGITIMACY
In Arizona the presumption of legitimacy is a rebuttable presumption. Anonymous v. Anonymous, 10 Ariz.App. 496, 460 P.2d 32 (1969). The burden of overcoming the presumption of legitimacy is upon the…
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- State Ex Rel. Munoz v. BravoCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1984