Prater v. Prater

I agree with the result in this case: the court’s order requiring appellant to pay child support should be stricken. But, beyond that this court should not go. The issue of paternity was not tried in this case in such a manner as to be binding on the child, appellee, or any other party. I write this special concurrence to demonstrate that this is the situation in this case, all hyperbole in the majority opinion notwithstanding.

This was a typical ex parte dissolution case. Appellant/husband was living in Florida; his wife (appellee) and purported child were living in New Jersey. Appellee was…