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[. . . .]According to her attorney, Kathleen Caldwell, the lawsuit was dismissed because, after it was filed in August of 2009, the jurisdiction of the Chancery Court in Memphis was legally changed (as of August 2010). The change means that paternity actions involving unmarried parents could no longer be heard in that court.[ . . . .]The Court did not make a ruling on those grounds, or on the question of whether the defense had been properly submitted (based on whether the attorney who filed it really represented Lisa Marie Presley-Lockwood or not). The Court also did not address the merits or validity of Eliza's DNA or other evidence. So Eliza Presley did not "lose" her case; rather the Court declined to hear it.As such, Eliza does have the option of refiling the paternity claim in another court (Juvenile Court, specifically), or attempt to appeal the ruling through the appellate court system. Unfortunately, the long legal struggle and numerous legal hurdles Eliza and her lawyer have had to face have taken their toil on Eliza. While she has always been a very determined person, she informed me that she is unable to continue with either legal option, for financial reasons. This ordeal cost her a great deal of money and she has no resources to continue. [. . . .]
Is this what so many others have to go through in our court systems? And no healthcare for those who truly need it?All that money that goes for the military fighting in other countries, and for bureaucracy--but can't be spent on it's own citizens.Unfortunately this is true, and with time everything is going to be worse, " they " not to worry about anyone, i am very sorry by Eliza and my best wishes for her and her Son
[...] yeah they dismissed her case, they could have at least let her do the DNA test, but she had no legal standing I guess...[...]
Is this what so many others have to go through in our court systems? And no healthcare for those who truly need it?All that money that goes for the military fighting in other countries, and for bureaucracy--but can't be spent on it's own citizens.