Summary
The Minnesota Supreme Court held that the mother, Lynette Marthe, had standing as an aggrieved party to appeal a district court’s adjudication of her child’s paternity. The court reasoned that the paternity determination directly affected her financial responsibility for child support and her rights concerning the care, custody, and control of the child. The court reversed the court of appeals’ dismissal and remanded for further proceedings.
Holdings
- Marthe had standing to appeal as an aggrieved party because the paternity determination directly affected her legally protected interests.
Questions Presented
- Whether Marthe had standing as an aggrieved party to appeal the district court's adjudication of paternity.
- Whether the determination of paternity directly affected Marthe's legally protected interests in child support and in the care, custody, and control of her child.
Disposition
reversed_and_remanded
Cases Cited (17)
- In re the Custody of D.T.R., No. A10-1098, Order at *3 (Minn. App. Aug. 3, 2010)(followed procedurally)
- State v. Sax, 231 Minn. 1, 42 N.W.2d 680 (1950)(distinguished)
- State v. E.A.H., 246 Minn. 299, 75 N.W.2d 195 (1956)(followed)
- Enright v. Lehmann, 735 N.W.2d 326, 329 (Minn. 2007)(followed)
- Annandale Advocate v. City of Annandale, 435 N.W.2d 24, 27 (Minn. 1989)(followed)
- Swenson v. Nickaboine, 793 N.W.2d 738, 743 (Minn. 2011)(followed)
- Zurich Am. Ins. Co. v. Bjelland, 710 N.W.2d 64, 68 (Minn. 2006)(followed)
- Am. Nat'l Gen. Ins. Co. v. Solum, 641 N.W.2d 891, 895 (Minn. 2002)(followed)
- Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife, 504 U.S. 555, 560-61, 112 S. Ct. 2130, 119 L. Ed. 2d 351 (1992)(followed)
- City of St. Paul v. LaClair, 479 N.W.2d 369, 371 (Minn. 1992)(followed)
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