Bennett v. Etheridge

BOGGS, Justice.

Rhonda Bennett f/k/a Rhonda Donley filed an amended motion for new trial following a habeas court order discharging the payment of restitution and any arrearage for back child support by the purported biological father of Bennett’s minor child. Concluding that she is a non-party to the underlying action and therefore has no standing to challenge its order, the court dismissed Bennett’s motion. Because the habeas court erred in concluding that Bennett lacks standing, we reverse and remand this case.

The record reveals that in September 2012, the father, Damian Etheridge, pled…