State, Department of Revenue, Child Support Enforcement Division v. Wetherelt

RABINOWITZ, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

At issue in this appeal are arrearage payments made by Robert Wetherelt to the State of Alaska, Department of Revenue, Child Support Enforcement Division (CSED) for the support of a child who was ultimately proven not to be his. Wetherelt was named as father on Roberta Wetherelt’s birth certificate, thus establishing a legal presumption of paternity. CSED proceeded to collect reimbursement for child support based on the premise that Wetherelt was legally responsible for Roberta Wetherelt. Though Wetherelt asserted to CSED in April 1989 that he could not be…