CLEO A.E. v. RICKIE GENE E.

No. 21704.

438 S.E.2d 886 (1993)

190 W.Va. 543

CLEO A. E., Plaintiff Below, Appellee, v. RICKIE GENE E., Former Husband, Defendant Below, Appellee, v. AMBER DAWN E. and the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources Child Advocate Office, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided December 16, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cleo A.E., pro se.

Rickie Gene E., pro se.

Robert E. Wilkinson, Child Advocate Atty., Huntington, for appellants.


WORKMAN, Chief Justice:

The Child Advocate Office ("CAO") brought this appeal to challenge the voluntary bastardization of a minor child. Having examined the record in this matter in conjunction with the issue presented, this Court concludes that the best interests of the child standard precludes the parties from entering into a stipulation which has as its effect the bastardization of a child born to the parties during their marriage.

Cleo and Rickie E. were...

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