GEORGIA DEPT. OF HUMAN SERVICES v. PATTON

No. A13A0655.

744 S.E.2d 854 (2013)

322 Ga. App. 333

The GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, ex rel. Jamie Lynn GREGORY v. PATTON.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

June 18, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Neal Brunt , Atlanta, Samuel S. Olens , Mark James Cicero , Attorney for Appellant.

Anthony Brent Erwin , Calhoun, Attorney for Appellee.


BARNES, Presiding Judge.

The Georgia Department of Human Services ("GDHS") brought a contempt action against Crystal Patton for failing to meet child support obligations ordered by the court in a legitimation and custody action. The trial court dismissed the contempt action, finding that the underlying child support order was void because it had been entered more than five years after the legitimation and custody action had been automatically dismissed under the five...

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