STATE, OFFICE OF CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT v. HARNAGE

No. 95-528.

910 S.W.2d 207 (1995)

322 Ark. 461

STATE of Arkansas OFFICE OF CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT, Appellant, v. Mark HARNAGE, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

November 20, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karen Walker-Knight, Conway, for Appellant.

Phil Stratton, Conway, for Appellee.


JESSON, Chief Justice.

The appellant, Office of Child Support Enforcement ("Office"), appeals from a chancellor's order dismissing its paternity complaint against appellee Mark Harnage. The chancellor ruled that the Office was not a "real party in interest" under Ark.Code Ann. § 9-14-210 (Repl.1993), due to the fact that the Office had expended no public funds on behalf of the minor child, and thus had no standing to bring suit against Harnage. As the Office...

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