Ex Parte Calloway

On March 4, 1983, after a trial on the complaint of Monica Lane alleging that petitioner, Jimmy Calloway, was the father of her child, Celeste, the District Court of Covington County, Alabama found that Mr. Calloway was the father of the child and ordered Mr. Calloway to pay $826 to the Alabama Department of Pensions and Security to reimburse the department for aid to dependent children benefits paid to the child.

Mr. Calloway timely appealed the district court's judgment to the Circuit Court of Covington County. Subsequently, Calloway filed a motion for appointment of counsel and for a blood…