Lawrence v. Lawrence

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE SULLIVAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal by Judy Lawrence (plaintiff)1 from the denial of her petition for a finding that Richard Lawrence (defendant) was not the father of one of her children (Brandon).

Defendant was granted a divorce from plaintiff in 1973, with a decretal finding that Brandon Lawrence was the child of the parties. In 1974, defendant petitioned to amend the decree — asking, among other things, that plaintiff (who had custody of Brandon and was then remarried to Fred Ramos) be enjoined from telling Brandon that Ramos was his father.…