Legal Opinion

Hamm v. Office of Child Support Enforcement

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided February 18, 1999No. 98-228PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Tom Glaze, Justice.

This paternity suit resulted from two two children having sexual intercourse as young teenagers. Susan N. Atkinson was fifteen years old and Scott Hamm, the putative father, was thirteen years old when their sexual encounters occurred and when Susan conceived a male child, who was born on July 22, 1995, and named Keegan. Susan applied for and received financial assistance from Aid for Dependent Children through the State, and as a result, the State Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) was obliged under Ark. Code Ann. § 9-14-201 (d) (Repl. 1998) to bring this paternity…

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2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Wright v. WrightSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1970
  2. Lawson v. EdmondsonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1990
  3. Barnes v. BarnesSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1992
  4. Littles v. FlemingsSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1998
  5. State Ex Rel. Hermesmann v. SeyerSupreme Court of Kansas · 1993

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Martin v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2018
  2. Girley v. HobbsSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2014
  3. LeClair v. Reed ex rel. ReedSupreme Court of Vermont · 2007
  4. Slocum v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2013
  5. Hamm v. Office of Child Support EnforcementSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1999

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