N.L.B. ex rel. D.N.P. v. G.B.

This is an appeal from an order dismissing a petition for adjudication of paternity. Because the trial court correctly held that a paternity action under sec. 767.45, Stats., may not be brought against a deceased putative father, we affirm.

The pertinent facts are brief. The paternity action was commenced as a civil proceeding by D.N.P., the mother, and by D.N.P. on behalf of N.L.B., the child. The mother’s conceptive period was from October 2, 1985 to December 1, 1985. The petition, filed August 30, 1986, named B.L.B. as the putative father. B.L.B. had been killed on November 28,1985, so the…