In the Interest of Simpson

CHARLES L. REYNOLDS, Senior Justice (Retired).

The immediate question in this appeal is whether this Court’s jurisdiction over the merits has been invoked. Holding that it has not, we will dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction.

Acting on the Attorney General’s motion, the trial court signed, on February 9, 1996, an order enforcing the child support obligation of Ray Dale Simpson, the father. Simpson filed a motion for new trial on March 12, 1996 in which it was recited that the court “signed a judgment ... on February 14, 1996.” On the same day, the court denied the motion for new trial.

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