JENNINGS v. DARGAN

1820

308 S.C. 317 (1992)

417 S.E.2d 646

Tamara Michele JENNINGS, Respondent v. Archie Shaw DARGAN, III, Darlene Jennings, and James C. Cox, Jr., Defendants, of whom Archie Shaw Dargan, III is Appellant.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Decided May 11, 1992.

Rehearing June 4, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Olin L. Purvis, III, of Purvis & Schurlknight, Darlington, for appellant.

Coming B. Gibbs, Jr., Charleston, for respondent.


Heard March 18, 1992;

Decided May 11, 1992.

Reh. June 4, 1992.

CURETON, Judge:

This case involves the application of the doctrine of res judicata to an action between an adult child and her putative father. Tamara Michele Jennings filed an action against Archie Shaw Dargan, III, claiming he was her natural father. At the time of the action, Jennings was twenty years old and attending college. In her pleadings she sought a declaration that Dargan...

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