STATE EX REL. GUTWILER v. DICKEY

No. 92-66.

497 N.W.2d 876 (1993)

STATE of Iowa ex rel. Janet Ann GUTWILER, Appellant, v. Rodney Allen DICKEY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

March 24, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bonnie J. Campbell, Atty. Gen., John M. Parmeter, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., E. Dean Metz, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Gregory Hilton, Asst. County Atty., for appellant.

Bradley Norton of Norton & Norton, Lowden, for appellee.

Considered by LARSON, P.J., and SCHULTZ, LAVORATO, SNELL, and ANDREASEN, JJ.


LAVORATO, Justice.

In this paternity action, the district court set aside a default judgment for support under Iowa Code chapter 252A (1989). The State appealed. We reverse and remand with directions to reinstate the judgment.

The State filed a paternity action alleging that Rodney Dickey was the father of Jonathan Gutwiler, a child born to Janet Gutwiler on March 15, 1984. See generally Iowa Code ch. 252A. The petition sought child support from Rodney...

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