DHS v. Steven S.

OPINION OF THE COURT

Patricia E. Gallaher, J.

*606A petition was filed on April 1, 2009 by DHS (Department of Human Services) on behalf of Alexis B. (hereinafter mother), requesting an order of support against Steven S. (hereinafter putative father) for the subject child, Symere S. (born May 21, 2008). DHS filed the petition on behalf of the mother as the child is in receipt of public assistance. Attached to the petition was a computer-generated document entitled “PUTATIVE FATHER REGISTRY,” indicating an acknowledgment of paternity listing, among other things, under “Child Information” the name…