Heck v. McConnell

Plaintiff filed a claim pursuant to the Paternity Act, MCL 722.711 et seq.; MSA 25.491 et seq., alleging that he is the father of defendant’s minor child born December 22, 1976. Plaintiff and defendant were never married. Plaintiff’s claim was dismissed pursuant to defendant’s motion for summary disposition under MCR 2.116(C)(7) on the basis that it was barred by the applicable period of limitations. Plaintiff appeals as of right raising several issues, one of which we find dispositive: Even if plaintiff’s action was barred by the statute of limitations contained in the Paternity Act, was the…