TENNESSEE DEPT. OF HUMAN SERVICES v. BARBEE


689 S.W.2d 863 (1985)

TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, Assignee of Yvonne Coleman, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. J.B. BARBEE, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, Western Section, at Jackson.

May 6, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harvey M. Yaffe, Harry A. Simmons, Jr., Memphis, for defendant-appellant.

Dianne Stamey, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, Harold Horne, Memphis, for plaintiff-appellee.


BROCK, Justice.

This is a paternity action. The focus of the litigation is Yvonne Coleman's son, Cedric Jerome Coleman, who was born on February 19, 1970. On October 27, 1977, the Tennessee Department of Human Services, as an assignee of Yvonne Coleman, filed a petition to establish paternity against J.B. Barbee. This case was subsequently transferred to the Circuit Court for Shelby County, Tennessee.

On October 26, 1979, in open court the case was set for...

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