Legal Opinion

Department of Human Services v. Gaddis

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided December 31, 1998No. 97-CA-00946-SCTPublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

730 So.2d 1116 (1998)

DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, State of Mississippi

v.

Melvin GADDIS.

No. 97-CA-00946-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 31, 1998.

Paul B. Caston, Columbia, Attorney for Appellant.

Deborah J. Gambrell, Hattiesburg, Attorney for Appellee.

Before PRATHER, C.J., and JAMES L. ROBERTS, Jr. and MILLS, JJ.

PRATHER, Chief Justice, for the Court:

STATEMENT OF THE FACTS AND CASE

¶ 1. On October 5, 1996, Denice Quinn applied for and later began receiving public assistance from the Department of Human Services (" DHS") for herself and her three minor children. In applying for these…

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2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Baker by Williams v. WilliamsMississippi Supreme Court · 1987
  2. Stone v. StoneMississippi Supreme Court · 1968

3Cited by22 opinions

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  3. State v. ShawMississippi Supreme Court · 2004
  4. Miss. Dept. of Human Services v. ShelbyMississippi Supreme Court · 2001
  5. Brown v. Miss. Dept. of Human ServicesMississippi Supreme Court · 2000

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