STATE EX REL. WILLIAMS v. COPPEDGE

No. 919DC89.

414 S.E.2d 81 (1992)

105 N.C. App. 470

STATE of North Carolina ex rel. Beverly WILLIAMS, mother of Latoya Rashunda Williams, minor child v. William Earl COPPEDGE.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

March 3, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Lacy H. Thornburg, by Asst. Atty. Gen. T. Byron Smith, Raleigh, for the State.

No brief for defendant-appellee.


LEWIS, Judge.

The first issue in this case is whether a court accepted expert in the field of genetic determination of paternity can be permitted to testify that he has an opinion as to whether the defendant in a paternity action is the natural father, but then be denied the opportunity to give his opinion. Also at issue is whether the putative father may offer evidence of the mother's reputation.

On 14 February 1983, Latoya Williams was born out of wedlock...

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