Ward v. Department of Human Resources

Ruffin, Judge.

Cindy Ward appeals from an order of the Superior Court of Henry County directing her to pay support for her minor child who lives with his father. Ward contends that the petition to establish support should have been brought as an action to modify her existing support obligations, rather than an original action to establish support. We agree that the Department of Human Resources (“DHR”) failed to follow the statutory procedure precisely, but as that failure did not prejudice Ward, we affirm the child support order.

Ward and Anthony Burch married in 1982 and had four children…