STATE BY DEPT. OF FAM. SERV. v. JENNINGS

No. 91-50.

818 P.2d 1149 (1991)

The STATE of Wyoming, By and Through the DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY SERVICES, formerly known as the Division [Department] of Public Assistance and Social Services, Appellant (Defendant), v. Anthony JENNINGS, Appellee (Plaintiff).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

October 21, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph B. Meyer, Atty. Gen., Michael Lee Hubbard, Deputy Atty. Gen., and Richard E. Dixon, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Randy L. Royal, Greybull, for appellee.

Before URBIGKIT, C.J., and THOMAS, CARDINE and MACY, JJ., and LEHMAN, District Judge.


OPINION

MACY, Justice.

Appellant State of Wyoming appeals from the district court's order granting attorney's fees to the attorney for Appellee Anthony Jennings pursuant to the provisions of Wyo. Stat. § 14-2-116 (1986)1 for services rendered by him in Jennings' paternity suit.

We reverse.

The State raises the following issues:

I. Is the purpose of W.S...

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