Danny P. Hicks, II v. Department of Human Services State of Mississippi

FAIR, J.,

FOR THE COURT:

¶ 1. Danny Hicks had sex with Jakeida Carter one time before she gave birth to Janiyah in January 2007. On October 5, 2007, Hicks agreed to be named as Jani-yah’s legal father on her birth certificate. About one year later, Hicks entered into a stipulated agreement with the Mississippi Department of Human Services in which he admitted paternity and agreed to pay $202 a. month in child support. The agreement was later approved by the Hinds County Chancery Court. In 2015, a DNA test revealed that Hicks was not the biological father.

¶ 2. Hicks filed a Petition to…