State Ex Rel. Hausner v. Blackman

Rees, J.:

This is a paternity action. A jury found defendant to be the father of the child. Defendant appeals.

The initial issue on appeal is whether evidence concerning paternity exclusion blood testing was erroneously admitted to prove the single question in this case, that is, whether the defendant is the biological father of the child.

“In paternity exclusion testing, the presence or absence of certain genetically controlled factors [‘markers’] in the blood of the mother, child(ren), and alleged father(s) is determined. The patterns obtained are evaluated utilizing well-defined laws of…