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COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA v. DAVID R.

Docket No. A038494.

200 Cal.App.3d 98 (1988)

245 Cal. Rptr. 836

COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. DAVID R., Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Four.

April 12, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Steve White, Chief Assistant Attorney General, John H. Sugiyama, Assistant Attorney General, Ronald E. Niver and Josanna Berkow, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Harvey Sohnen and Page & Sohnen for Defendant and Respondent.

OPINION

ANDERSON, P.J.

In this case we examine the right of a putative father to recover attorney fees for the successful defense of a paternity/reimbursement action initiated by the district attorney. We conclude that the trial court erred in awarding attorney fees to respondent David R. under authority of Civil Code1 section 7011.2

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