45 Ohio App. 2d 275 - Walker v. Stokes’s Empirical Analysis

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15 state decisions

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1. ““Motions for an order of Court requiring blood tests must be filed within thirty (30) days after the preliminary examination or within thirty (30) days after the birth of the child, whichever is later. The costs of such tests shall be paid by the movant except as otherwise herein provided. Motions for blood tests must be accompanied by payment of current cost, plus poundage, as posted in Clerk’s Office at the Court. When the first blood test or tests excludes the accused as being the father of the child in question and the mother of the child desires a test by another serologist, the costs of such second test shall be paid by the mother. The mother must file a Motion (accompanied by the required cost) for the second test within thirty (30) days after she has been notified of the exclusion. All tests shall be performed by experts selected by the Court and shall he conducted under such regulations as the Court may prescribe.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Bigsby v. Bates

2. ““Once the State of Ohio granted all defendants in bastardy proceedings, which are ‘quasi criminal’ in nature, the right to a blood test to determine paternity, it cannot deny this right to those defendants who are unable to pay the required fee in advance, without violating the equal protection clause of the United States Constitution, because such a defendant’s ability to pay in advance bears no rational relationship to his guilt or innocence and to discriminate upon this basis constitutes that type of invidious discrimination which is constitutionally prohibited.” Wa lker v. Stokes (1975), 45 Ohio App. 2d 275, 278 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 54 Ohio App. 2d 119 - Walker v. Stokes