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STATE, DEPT. OF FAMILY SERVICES v. DDM

No. C-93-6.

877 P.2d 259 (1994)

STATE of Wyoming, DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY SERVICES, DIVISION OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND SOCIAL SERVICES; and State of Wyoming, ex rel., BJC, a minor child, Appellants (Petitioners), v. DDM, Appellee (Respondent).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

June 29, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank D. Peasley and Kari Jo Gray of Gray & Associates, Douglas, for appellants.

P. Jaye Rippley of Brown & Drew, Casper, for appellee.

Before MACY, C.J., THOMAS, CARDINE and GOLDEN, JJ., and BROWN, J. Retired.

CARDINE, Justice.

The Department of Family Services (DFS) appeals from a district court order awarding attorney fees to DDM, who successfully defended an allegation of paternity. DFS claims that attorney fees are not statutorily authorized against it and, in the alternative, the award in this case was unreasonable.

We affirm.

DFS frames the issues for review as follows:

I. Did the trial court err in assessing a putative father's attorney fees...

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