State Ex Rel. Coleman v. Clay

OPINION

DAUGHTREY, Justice.

We granted review in this case to permit re-evaluation of the juvenile court’s limited child support award, entered as a part of a paternity decree naming the defendant, Alvin Clay, as the father of Kristi Coleman. We conclude that the judgment of the Court of Appeals, remanding the case to the juvenile court, was proper, and we therefore affirm.

The dispute on appeal concerns the legal effect of the 14-year delay between Kristi’s birth and the initiation of paternity proceedings against Clay by the child’s mother, Mary Coleman. The juvenile court held that Clay was…