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HARGIS v. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES

No. S00A0162.

533 S.E.2d 712 (2000)

272 Ga. 617

HARGIS v. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

July 14, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher A. Townley, Thomas F. Lindsay, Rossville, for appellant.

Womack & Rhyne, John T. Siess, Lafayette, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Katherine S. Davis, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

HINES, Justice.

The Department of Human Resources ("DHR") filed suit to establish William Hargis's paternity of a minor. Hargis answered on May 20, 1997, demanding a jury trial. On July 1, 1997, an amendment to OCGA § 19-7-40 became effective which extinguished the right to a jury trial in a paternity suit. Trial was set on the non-jury calender and Hargis filed a motion for jury trial, which was denied. This Court...

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