State ex rel. R.A.L. v. B.G.A.

RUSSELL, Judge.

In September 1988 the State of Alabama ex rel. R.A.L. (mother) filed a complaint in the Juvenile Court of Mobile County for reimbursement of child support against B.G.A., the putative father of the minor child, L.D.A. In April 1989, following a hearing at which B.G.A. failed to appear, the juvenile court entered a default judg*876ment against B.G.A., finding L.D.A. to be B.G.A.'s legal child and awarding the State the amount of $7,633 for reimbursement of child support that had been paid in the form of Aid to Families with Dependent Children.

In a separate proceeding in June 1989,…