State ex rel. D.K. v. R.T.

RUSSELL, Judge.

The State of Alabama, on behalf of D.K. (mother), filed a complaint in family court seeking an adjudication of paternity and seeking child support, alleging that R.T. was the father of C.R.K. (child). The complaint was later amended to add R.A. as the possible father. He is not a party to this appeal. The family court found that the state failed to meet its burden in proving that either man was the father of the child.

The state then appealed to the circuit court, which granted the state’s motion requesting that blood tests be required. However, R.T. failed to appear for the…