FRANKS v. MERCER

No. 14545.

401 So.2d 470 (1981)

Nena N. FRANKS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jessie Dale MERCER, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

June 8, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles B. Bice, Winn Parish Dist. Atty. by Douglas H. Allen, Asst. Dist. Atty., Winnfield, for defendant-appellant.

Sanders & Castete, Ltd. by Martin S. Sanders, Jr., Winnfield, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before MARVIN, JASPER E. JONES and FRED W. JONES, JJ.


MARVIN, Judge.

In this paternity and support action, defendant appeals a judgment which adjudicated him to be the father of a child born to the minor plaintiff and which ordered him to pay monthly child support and the medical expenses of childbirth.

Through counsel employed after trial, defendant contends on appeal that the trial court should have appointed counsel to represent him in the trial court, that the trial court's judgment essentially was a judgment...

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