Filkins v. Cales

Shaw, Judge.

Defendant-appellant, Gary Cales, appeals from a judgment of the Common Pleas Court of Logan County, Juvenile Division, granting plaintiffs-appellees’ motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict and finding Gary to be the father of plaintiff, April Filkins.

The record reveals that plaintiff, Brenda Filkins, gave birth to April on November 11, 1984. Thereafter, plaintiffs initiated a parentage action to establish a parent-child relationship between April and Gary. Plaintiffs alleged that the period of conception was on or about April 1984, and that Gary is the father of April.

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