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STATE EX REL. DEPT. OF SOCIAL SERVICES v. DORSEY

No. 95 CA 0446.

665 So.2d 95 (1995)

STATE of Louisiana Through the DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, et al. v. Eli DORSEY.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

November 9, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kent Mayeaux, Baton Rouge, for Plaintiff-Appellant-State.

Karen D. Downs, Baton Rouge, for Defendant-Appellee-Eli Dorsey.

Before LOTTINGER, C.J., and GONZALES and FITZSIMMONS, JJ.

FITZSIMMONS, Judge.

The State of Louisiana, through the Department of Social Services, Office of Family Support (State), filed a petition to establish the paternity of the alleged father, Mr. Eli Dwayne Dorsey. The trial court found the testimony of Mr. Dorsey more credible than the testimony of the mother, Ms. Linda Ratcliff. The trial court noted that Louisiana cases hold that scientific testing alone cannot establish paternity. Thus, based on the credibility determinations...

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