State v. Phillippe

Andree Layton Roaf, Justice.

The appellant, State of Arkansas, Child Support Enforcement Unit (CSEU), appeals from the denial of a new trial in a child support action in which the state was ordered to refund all child support paid by appellee Michael Phillippe, following a blood test which excluded him as father of the minor child for whom the support had been paid. The appellant asserts that the trial court abused its discretion in failing to grant the new trial and that the trial court lacked jurisdiction to award a judgment against the state. We reverse the award of refund.

On February 21,…