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STATE EX REL. IOWA DHS v. MUNDIE

No. 88-259.

436 N.W.2d 60 (1989)

STATE of Iowa ex rel. IOWA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES and Chris Lankford, on Behalf of Chad Alan Lankford, Minor Child, Appellants, v. Brian MUNDIE, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

February 22, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., Gordon E. Allen, Deputy Atty. Gen., Mark Havercamp, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Gail A. Sheridan, Asst. Co. Atty., for appellants.

C. Joseph Coleman, Jr. of Mitchell, Coleman, Perkins & Enke, P.C., Fort Dodge, for appellee.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and LAVORATO, NEUMAN, SNELL and ANDREASEN, JJ.

SNELL, Justice.

The State, on behalf of fifteen-year-old Chad Alan Lankford, appeals the district court's decision to dismiss this action brought under Iowa Code chapter 252A to prove the paternity of and recover child support from the respondent, Brian Mundie. The court determined this claim was barred by application of res judicata. We affirm.

Chad was born to Christine Lankford on June 17, 1973. On December 12, 1979, a petition for Chad's support was filed...

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