Court rules man waited too long to contest paternity

CHET BROKAW
Aberdeen News

PIERRE, S.D. - A South Dakota man waited too long to seek genetic testing to determine whether he is the father of a girl who was born after he and his former wife had split up, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday.

The high court upheld a circuit judge's decision that said David Chapman could not pursue genetic testing because the paternity issue had been settled earlier when Chapman failed to raise the issue during proceedings that set his child support payments. South Dakota law sets deadlines for filing a paternity challenge involving a child born in wedlock, and Chapman filed well after those deadlines, the Supreme Court said in a case that started in Meade County.

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