Klein v. Franks

Plaintiff appeals by leave of this Court from the trial court’s order denying her motion to compel the defendant putative father to submit to a human leukocyte antigen (HLA) blood test.

Plaintiff, mother of a child born out of wedlock, filed a paternity action against defendant, the putative father, and the Isabella Department of Social Services intervened as a party plaintiff. The trial court ruled that the Paternity Act, 1956 PA 205; MCL 722.711 et seq.; MSA 25.491 et seq., permits the court to order a blood test only on request of the putative father and precludes the admission into…