MISS. DEPT. OF HUMAN SERVICES v. Barnett

633 So.2d 430 (1993)

MISSISSIPPI STATE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES

v.

Timothy A. BARNETT.

No. 92-CA-0751.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 23, 1993.

Rehearing Denied March 17, 1994.

M. Earl Scales, Jackson, for appellant.

William Larry Latham, Hrmine M. Welch, Jackson, for appellee.

Before PRATHER, P.J., and SULLIVAN and JAMES L. ROBERTS, Jr., JJ.

JAMES L. ROBERTS, Jr., Justice, for the Court:

The Mississippi Department of Human Services, hereinafter "DHS" or "the Department," appeals from a final judgment entered on June 9, 1992, by the Chancery Court of Bolivar County, Mississippi, granting DHS'…