Tune v. Cate

Tom Glaze, Justice.

This case involves a paternity proceeding which was originally heard and decided by a paternity referee and the Washington County Judge. On November 2,1988, they entered an order finding appellant the father of Mallory Cate, born on January 24,1987, and among other things, appellant was ordered to pay $25.00 per week. On December 2,1988, appellant filed what he labeled a “prayer for an appeal” to the Washington County Circuit Court, and the county judge by court order granted the appeal on the same date.1 On January 16, 1989, appellee, Mallory’s mother, moved to dismiss…