Blackwell v. State

EDWARD N. SCRUGGS, Retired Circuit Judge.

This is a paternity case. The defendant was adjudged to be the father of the child in question and he has appealed.

The child was born on September 18, 1978 and the paternity action was instituted on April 4, 1983. The trial court overruled the defendant's contention that the action was barred by the statute of limitations of two years. That ruling was correct since the five-year statute applies and did not bar this paternity action. Morgan County Department of Pensions & Security v. Kelso, 460 So.2d 1333 (Ala.Civ.App.1984); State v. Burks, 454 So.2d…