STATE EX REL. WARD v. PAPE

No. 88-1076.

465 N.W.2d 760 (1991)

237 Neb. 283

STATE of Nebraska ex rel. Glenda O. WARD, Appellee, v. Scott D. PAPE, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

February 22, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas M. Kenney, Douglas County Public Defender, and Gary D. Olson, for appellant.

Patricia J. Jacobs, for appellee.

HASTINGS, C.J., and BOSLAUGH, WHITE, CAPORALE, SHANAHAN, GRANT, and FAHRNBRUCH, JJ.


CAPORALE, Justice.

The respondent, Scott D. Pape, appeals and assigns as error the district court's refusal to apply retroactively the holding in Carroll v. Moore, 228 Neb. 561, 423 N.W.2d 757 (1988), that due process requires the appointment of counsel at public expense for an indigent accused of siring a child, and the resultant failure to vacate its decree declaring Pape to be the sire...

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