W.B. ex rel. M.E.R. v. M.G.R.

WHITE, Judge.

This appeal arises from an action seeking a determination that W.B. (“Appellant”) not M.G.R. (“Respondent”), is the father of M.E.R. (“Daughter”).1 The circuit court dismissed the petition with prejudice on the ground that the suit was not timely brought under the Uniform Parentage Act, since, it was initiated after the child’s fifth birthday. Appellants contend that the statute, as currently constituted, provides a right of action and, alternatively, that barring this suit violates their constitutional rights. We find that Respondent had a vested right to be free from a…