ATWOOD v. HICKS BY HICKS

No. 58687.

538 So.2d 404 (1989)

Emmett Ray ATWOOD, Sr. v. Emile HICKS, a Minor, by Georgia HICKS, Next Friend.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 11, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ellis B. Bodron, Way, Field & Bodron, Vicksburg, K. Hayes Callicutt, Cary E. Bufkin, Shell, Buford, Bufkin, Callicutt & Perry, Jackson, for appellant.

Halbert E. Dockins, Jr., Dockins & Wise, Sorie S. Tarawally, Jackson, for appellees.

Before DAN M. LEE, P.J., and ROBERTSON and PITTMAN, JJ.


ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

I.

This case presents question, first, whether a claim made on behalf of a minor child against his putative father for paternity and for maintenance and support may with court approval be finally settled. We hold that it may. Second, under what circumstances, if any, may such a court approved settlement be reopened, long after the fact, to which we answer, only upon application to the court which approved the settlement...

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