STATE EX REL. DEPT. OF SOC. SERV. v. RAMOS

No. 98 CA 0534.

755 So.2d 257 (1999)

STATE of Louisiana, Through the DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, OED, Support Enforcement Services, in the Interest of E.H., Minor Child(ren) of D.A.H. v. Luiz Enrique RAMOS.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 15, 1999.

Writ Granted February 11, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kent Mayeux, Baton Rouge, Counsel for Plaintiff/Appellee State of Louisiana.

Joseph C. Wiley, Gonzales, Counsel for Defendant/Appellant Luis Ramos.

Before: FOIL, KUHN, and WEIMER, JJ.


KUHN, J.

This is an appeal from a ruling by the trial court dismissing as abandoned because of non-prosecution a lawsuit to establish paternity filed by the State of Louisiana on behalf of Demetria Harris ("the State"). We amend to add the effective date of abandonment and affirm.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

On July 26, 1989, the State filed a petition to establish paternity of a minor child on behalf of Demetria Harris. Luis Enrique Ramos...

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