Legal Opinion

Matter of Paternity of JRW

Wyoming Supreme Court

Decided July 2, 1991No. C-90-3PublishedCited by 72 opinions

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…

2Cases cited56 opinions

  1. Allen v. McCurrySupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  2. Montana v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Federated Department Stores, Inc. v. MoitieSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  4. Cromwell v. County of SacSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
  5. Southern Pacific Railroad v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1897

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3Cited by72 opinions

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