Bibbee v. State ex rel. Department of Human Services

MEMORANDUM OPINION

CARL B. JONES, Vice Chief Judge:

¶ 1 Appellant James Bibbee suffered first and second degree burns on most of his body as the result of an oil well fire in 1984. He settled his subsequent personal injury suit by agreeing to receive periodic lump sum payments every five years beginning in 1991 until 2011 and small monthly annuity payments every year beginning in March, 1986.

¶ 2 Appellee Department of Human Services [DHS] apparently1 commenced a proceeding in 1995 to obtain temporary custody of the two minor children of James and his ex-wife Mona Bibbee, alleging the children…