State, Department of Social Services, Office of Family Support ex rel. Thomas v. Thomas

| pDECUIR, Judge.

The State of Louisiana, through the Department of Social Services, Office of Family Support, filed this proceeding on behalf of Kyeria Shawntay Thomas, the minor child of Theresa Ann Thomas. According to the brief filed in this court by the State, Theresa Ann Thomas is now deceased. However, at the time this action was initiated, she was a recipient of AFDC payments, and the State sought to collect child support from her child’s father, alleged to be Carlton Thomas, Jr., to offset the AFDC payments.

Although Theresa and Carlton have the same last name, they have never been…