Matter of Paternity of JRW
Wyoming Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
URBIGKIT, Chief Justice.
In this case, the court must decide whether DLB, the appellant and presumed father of two minor children (hereinafter appellant), can raise the question of paternity more than two years after his divorce *1258from DJB, appellee and the children's natural mother (hereinafter mother). Under the doctrines of res judicata, collateral es-toppel, judicial estoppel, and because appellant failed to bring his paternity action within a “reasonable time,” we affirm the order of the district court granting the mother’s motion to dismiss appellant’s petition to determine nonexistence of…
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