Shepherd v. Shepherd

In Shepherd v. Shepherd, 81 Mich App 465, 470-471; 265 NW2d 374 (1978), the Court held that the trial court committed error requiring reversal when it denied the putative father the right to blood tests to determine paternity. The Court reasoned that the trial court's decision rendered the putative father in that case "totally unable to present his potential best evidence required to overcome the presumption of legitimacy." Id. at 470. The instructions for remand to the trial court noted that "should such tests disclose nonpaternity, then that portion of the judgment pertaining to support for the minor child, Daniel, is reversed," but "should such test results inconclusively disclose paternity, the judgment of divorce is affirmed." Id. at 471.