Williams v. Holland

BROCK, Chief Judge.

General Statute No. 8-50.1 provides that, “[i]n the trial of any civil action, the court before whom the matter may be brought, upon motion of either party, shall direct and order that the defendant, the plaintiff, the mother and the child shall submit to a blood-grouping test; provided. . . .” In Wright v. Wright, 281 N.C. 159, 188 S.E. 2d 317 (1972), the court held that this portion of the statute, applicable to civil actions only, is qualified by certain language found in that portion of the statute dealing separately with criminal proceedings. The portion of the statute…