Vaught v. Mercer

This cause is before us on appeal from a nonfinal circuit court order striking appellant’s defenses and holding him in default in a paternity proceeding. The record shows that on March 5, 1986, appellee filed a complaint naming appellant as her child’s father, which appellant denied. Shortly thereafter, appellant agreed to entry of a consent order requiring an HLA blood test to determine paternity. Appellant then *230lost contact with his attorney for six months, missing three scheduled tests. Apparently, appellant provided his attorney with the correct name of his apartment complex but an…