In Re the Support Obligation of Loomis

587 N.W.2d 427 (1998)

1998 SD 113

In the Matter of the Support Obligation of David LOOMIS, Absent Parent.

No. 20226.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Argued April 29, 1998.

Reassigned June 19, 1998.

Decided November 18, 1998.

Debra D. Watson of Watson Law Office, Rapid City, for appellant.

Mark W. Barnett, Attorney General, John H. Fitzgerald, Special Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

MILLER, Chief Justice (on reassignment).

[¶ 1.] In this opinion we hold that, under the facts of this case, the mother of an out-of-wedlock child is barred by the equitable doctrines of laches and estoppel from…