Department of Revenue v. Myrick

THOMPSON, Judge.

The Department of Revenue (“DOR”), on behalf of Rujeania Magee, appeals an order of contempt which ordered blood testing to determine paternity three years after paternity had been adjudicated. We reverse.

DOR filed a petition to determine paterni: ty in June, 1994. Clayton Myrick, the putative father, was served but failed to file a response or any paper upon the DOR. A default was entered on 29 July 1994, and a final judgment adjudicating paternity and setting child support payments was rendered on 7 March 1995. When Myrick didn’t pay child support as required by the court’s…