Legal Opinion
Rachal v. Rachal
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided March 25, 1980No. 13746PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KELLY, Associate Judge:
Appellant seeks summary reversal of a blood test order and an order holding her in contempt for failure to submit herself and her youngest child to the Human Leukocyte Antigen blood test (HLA). In the trial court, appellee sought a legal separation on the ground of adultery and a declaratory judgment that the child was not his son. After a blood grouping test failed to exclude appellee as the child’s father, he successfully moved for an order requiring the parties and the child to take the HLA. When appellant failed to appear for the blood test, the trial judge held her…
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