BARRY CTY. DEPT. OF SOC. SERVS. v. POTTER

Docket No. 26126.

72 Mich. App. 233 (1976)

249 N.W.2d 370

BARRY COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES v. POTTER

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided November 9, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, and Milton I. Firestone, Thomas R. Wheeker and Erica Weiss, Assistants Attorney General, for the Barry County Department of Social Services.

Loeks, Buth, Wood & Weidaw, for defendant.

Before: R.B. BURNS, P.J., and D.E. HOLBROOK and T.M. BURNS, JJ.


T.M. BURNS, J.

On August 22, 1974, Michele Burghdoff filed a paternity suit against the defendant in Barry County Circuit Court. On June 19, 1975, the Barry County Department of Social Services (social services) filed a petition requesting permission to join the suit as a party plaintiff. Defendant filed an answer in objection to the petition on July 23, 1975, the day before trial. On July 24, 1975, immediately prior to trial, the trial court granted social services...

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