Legal Opinion
Wright v. Newman
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided March 4, 1996No. S95A1591PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Carley, Justice.
Seeking to recover child support for her daughter and her son, Kim Newman filed suit against Bruce Wright. Wright’s answer admitted his paternity only as to Newman’s daughter and DNA testing subsequently showed that he is not the father of her son. The trial court nevertheless ordered Wright to pay child support for both children. As to Newman’s son, the trial court based its order upon Wright’s “actions in having himself listed on the child’s birth certificate, giving the child his surname and establishing a parent-child relationship. . . .” According to the trial court,…
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