STATE DSS v. HAWKINS

No. 41,646-JAC.

946 So.2d 305 (2006)

STATE of Louisiana DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES OFFICE OF FAMILY SUPPORT in the Interest of C.C.H. and K.D.H., Minor Children of Dianna Jones, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Terry HAWKINS, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

December 20, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Malone Law Firm, LLC by Mary E. Winchell, for Appellant/Intervenor, Dianna Jones.

Office of Family Support by Rudy W. York, J. Schuyler Marvin, District Attorney, for State of LA, Dept. of Social Services.

Terry Hawkins, In Proper Person.

Before BROWN, GASKINS and CARAWAY, JJ.


CARAWAY, J.

This action by the Department of Social Services successfully established the paternity of an assisted child and imposed the support obligation on the delinquent father in 1998. In 2002, the father received an allowance from the court to "carry child on income tax" for every other year. In 2005, this dispute arose based upon the father's claim that the mother was interfering with his right to claim the dependency deduction for federal income taxes. Following...

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