STATE EX REL. W.VA. DHHR v. CARPENTER

No. 29774.

564 S.E.2d 173 (2002)

211 W.Va. 176

STATE of West Virginia ex rel. WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES, Bureau for Child Support Enforcement and Jennifer Dawn Shepard, Plaintiffs Below, Appellees, v. James B. CARPENTER, Defendant Below, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided April 26, 2002.

Concurring Opinion in part and Dissenting in part of Justice Albright May 15, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michele L. Rusen, Rusen & White, Parkersburg, West Virginia, Attorney for Appellant.

Kimberly D. Bentley, Assistant General Counsel, Charleston, Daniel B. Douglass, II, Law Office of Daniel B. Douglass, II, Parkersburg, West Virginia, Attorneys for Appellee, West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, Bureau for Child Support Enforcement.

C. Blaine Myers, Myers & Powell, Parkersburg, West Virginia, Attorney for Appellee, Jennifer Dawn Shepard.


DAVIS, Chief Justice:

James Carpenter, appellant/defendant below (hereinafter referred to as "Mr. Carpenter"), appeals from an order of the Circuit Court of Wood County. The circuit court's order required Mr. Carpenter to reimburse the Department of Health and Human Resources, Bureau for Child Support Enforcement (hereinafter referred to as "DHHR"), appellee/plaintiff below, $4,878.59 for birth and medical expenses paid on behalf of Jennifer Dawn Shepard (hereinafter...

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