State, Department of Revenue, Child Support Enforcement Division v. A.H.

OPINION

COMPTON, Justice.

This case presents the issue whether the Alaska Child Support Enforcement Division (CSED) is required to pay for paternity testing to determine the parentage of a child who has a legally presumed father.

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

AH. and D.H., a married couple, separated and filed for dissolution of marriage. 1 At the February 1992 dissolution hearing, A.H. was pregnant with D.J., the father of whom she alleged to be J.Z. Because J.Z. did not acknowledge paternity, the court refused to grant the dissolution.

A.H. sought the assistance of CSED to establish…