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DIXON v. POUNCY

No. S-7645.

979 P.2d 520 (1999)

Irvin K. DIXON, Appellant, v. Francine D. POUNCY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

May 21, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melinda D. Miles and Darin B. Goff, Miles & Goff, P.C., Anchorage, for Appellant, and Irvin K. Dixon, pro se, Anchorage.

Diane L. Wendlandt, Assistant Attorney General, Anchorage, and Bruce M. Botelho, Attorney General, Juneau, for Appellee.

Before: MATTHEWS, Chief Justice, COMPTON, EASTAUGH, FABE, and BRYNER, Justices.

OPINION

COMPTON, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Irvin Dixon appeals the superior court's denial of his Civil Rule 60(b) motion to set aside the portion of a 1993 Decree of Divorce declaring him the father of C.D. and ordering him to pay child support. We conclude that the superior court abused its discretion when it relied solely on res judicata to deny Irvin's Rule 60(b) motion. Because we cannot as a matter of law affirm the order denying Irvin...

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