LEXINGTON — House Majority Leader Greg Stumbo wants a paternity suit filed against him in Fayette County to be thrown out.

        Travis A. Fritsch, 49, a former victims' advocate in the state attorney general's office, filed the complaint, saying Mr. Stumbo had reneged on an oral agreement to support a boy she gave birth to in 1988.

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        Mr. Stumbo, a Democrat from Prestonsburg, has said he believes the suit is aimed at embarrassing him because he was married to his first wife when the child was conceived. He has since divorced and remarried.

        In his reply to the suit, Mr. Stumbo said that under Kentucky law, paternity actions are to be brought by the county attorney or the Cabinet for Families and Children, and that the jurisdiction to determine paternity lies in juvenile court.

        Mr. Stumbo has acknowledged that the boy could be his and that he will fulfill his legal responsibilities if tests show he is the father.

        Ms. Fritsch is seeking $42,443 in past-due child support.

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