Privette v. State, Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services ex rel. Sease

William Privette seeks certiorari review of a circuit court order which compels him to submit to a Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) blood test. We grant the petition.

A paternity action has been brought against Privette by Angela Sease on behalf of her daughter. The child’s birth certificate states that Jim Sease, who was and is married to Angela, is the child’s father. Nevertheless, Ms. Sease now maintains that Privette is the actual father. The complaint seeks, in addition to a determination of paternity, the award of child support and other costs.

Privette, seeking to avoid the HLA testing…