Ex Parte State Ex Rel. J.Z.

668 So.2d 566 (1995)

Ex parte STATE of Alabama ex rel. J.Z.

(Re Ex parte State of Alabama ex rel. J.Z., etc.).

1940456.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

May 12, 1995.

William Prendergast and Mary E. Pons, Asst. Attys. Gen., Department of Human Resources, for Petitioner.

J.S.T., pro se.

HORNSBY, Chief Justice.

This case arises from a 1981 judgment determining paternity of a minor child. There is no transcript of the hearing on which the trial court based its decision. We adopt the statement of facts set out by the Court of Civil Appeals:

"The scant record in this case reveals that on January 13, 1981, a…