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MISS. DEPT. OF HUMAN SERVICES v. MOLDEN

No. 93-CA-00395.

644 So.2d 1230 (1994)

MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES v. Charles Lonnie MOLDEN.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

October 27, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Janice M. Broadus, Pascagoula, for appellant.

Karl R. Steinberger, Colingo Williams Heidelberg, Steinberger & McElhaney, Pascagoula, for appellee.

Before HAWKINS, C.J., and JAMES L. ROBERTS, Jr., and SMITH, JJ.

SMITH, Justice, for the Court:

The Department of Human Services (DHS) appeals from the Jackson County Chancery Court wherein the Petition to Determine Paternity that the agency filed against Charles Lonnie Molden was dismissed by the court with prejudice on grounds of laches. A prior complaint filed by DHS twelve years earlier had been dismissed without prejudice. The court reasoned that the lapse of time between the two suits made it difficult for Molden because...

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