K.H. v. I.B.

I respectfully dissent from the denial of transfer and would prefer for this Court to address whether DNA evidence should be required whenever a child may face the risk of losing the presumption of being the biological child of the birth mother’s husband.

Like most states, Indiana has long adhered to a strong presumption that a child, born of a woman during marriage, is also the biological child of the woman’s husband. See Ind.Code § 31-14-7-1(1) (2012) (stating that the presumption exists if the child is born during the marriage or up to “three hundred (300) days after the marriage is…