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    "parties": [
      "SAMMY ROGER JOHNSON, JR., Plaintiff v. LISA McGHEE JOHNSON (MEEHAN), Defendant and LISA McGHEE JOHNSON (MEEHAN), Plaintiff v. THOMAS C. MEEHAN, Defendant"
    ],
    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "PER CURIAM.\nJudge Walker\u2019s dissenting opinion in the Court of Appeals correctly poses the \u201cnarrow\u201d issue presented:\nDoes the language of N.C.[G.S.] \u00a7 8-50.1 in effect when this action originated confer standing upon an alleged natural parent such as Mr. Meehan to compel a presumed father such as Mr. Johnson to submit to a blood test to determine the paternity of a child born during the marriage of the presumed father to the natural mother?\nJohnson v. Johnson, 120 N.C. App. 1, 14, 461 S.E.2d 369, 376 (1995) (Walker, J., dissenting). We agree with the dissenting opinion that the question should be answered in the negative.\nAccordingly, the decision of the Court of Appeals is reversed, and the case is remanded to that court for remand to the District Court, Johnston County, for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.\nREVERSED AND REMANDED.",
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    "attorneys": [
      "Mast, Morris, Schulz & Mast, P.A., by George B. Mast, Bradley N. Schulz, and Christi C. Stem, for plaintiff-appellant Sammy Johnson.",
      "Armstrong & Armstrong, P.A., by Marcia H. Armstrong; and Edward P. Hausle, P.A., by Edward P. Hausle, for defendantappellee Thomas C. Meehan."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "SAMMY ROGER JOHNSON, JR., Plaintiff v. LISA McGHEE JOHNSON (MEEHAN), Defendant and LISA McGHEE JOHNSON (MEEHAN), Plaintiff v. THOMAS C. MEEHAN, Defendant\nNo. 427A95\n(Filed 4 April 1996)\nEvidence and Witnesses \u00a7 1920 (NCI4th); Illegitimate Children \u00a7 7 (NCI4th)\u2014 blood grouping test \u2014 alleged natural father \u2014 standing to compel\nThe language of N.C.G.S. \u00a7 8-50.1 in effect when this action originated does not confer standing upon an alleged natural father to compel a presumed father to submit to a blood test to determine the paternity of a child born during the marriage of the presumed father and the mother.\nAm Jur 2d, Illegitimate Children \u00a7 27.\nAdmissibility and weight of blood-grouping tests in disputed paternity cases. 43 ALR4th 579.\nParental rights of man who is not biological or adoptive father of child but was husband or cohabitant of mother when child was.conceived or born. 84 ALR4th 655.\nAppeal by plaintiff pursuant to N.C.G.S. \u00a7 7A-30(2) from the decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, 120 N.C. App. 1, 461 S.E.2d 369 (1995), affirming an order entered by Lanier (Franklin E), J., on 19 January 1994 in District Court, Johnston County. Heard in the Supreme Court 14 March 1996.\nMast, Morris, Schulz & Mast, P.A., by George B. Mast, Bradley N. Schulz, and Christi C. Stem, for plaintiff-appellant Sammy Johnson.\nArmstrong & Armstrong, P.A., by Marcia H. Armstrong; and Edward P. Hausle, P.A., by Edward P. Hausle, for defendantappellee Thomas C. Meehan."
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