DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES v. GADDIS

No. 97-CA-00946-SCT.

730 So.2d 1116 (1998)

DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, State of Mississippi v. Melvin GADDIS.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 31, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul B. Caston, Columbia, Attorney for Appellant.

Deborah J. Gambrell, Hattiesburg, Attorney for Appellee.

Before PRATHER, C.J., and JAMES L. ROBERTS, Jr. and MILLS, JJ.


PRATHER, Chief Justice, for the Court:

STATEMENT OF THE FACTS AND CASE

¶ 1. On October 5, 1996, Denice Quinn applied for and later began receiving public assistance from the Department of Human Services (" DHS") for herself and her three minor children. In applying for these benefits, Quinn was required to identify the father of any children for whom the assistance was to be received. Although she was married to Danny Quinn at the time of the birth...

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