DEPT. OF HUMAN SERV. v. SMITH

No. 92-CA-0574.

627 So.2d 352 (1993)

DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, STATE OF MISSISSIPPI v. Reginald Deon SMITH.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 24, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chester Ray Jones, Brandon, Joel R. Jones, Raymond, for appellant.

Rabun Jones, Gaines S. Dyer, Dyer Dyer Dyer & Jones, Greenville, for appellee.

Before PRATHER, P.J., and SULLIVAN and JAMES L. ROBERTS, Jr., JJ.


PRATHER, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

I. INTRODUCTION

On September 4, 1991, the Mississippi Department of Human Services ("DHS") filed a complaint in the Sharkey County Chancery Court alleging that Reginald Deon Smith was the biological father of Ceatrice Hollins' child, Natasha. More specifically, DHS sought to establish paternity and secure child-support payments.

A hearing was scheduled for October 16, 1991. On October 16, Smith presented...

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