State, Department of Social Services, Office of Family Support v. Ball

| iNORRIS, Judge.

The mother, DG, gave birth to an illegitimate child, CTG, in April 1993. The mother executed an assignment of rights to child support on December 22,1998. A week later the State Department of Social Services filed this suit, pursuant to La.R.S. 46:236.1 F, to determine or declare paternity and establish support. The petition alleged that the defendant, Cornelius Ball, had intimate relations with the mother from January through September 1992, when CTG was conceived. Mr. Ball was personally served with citation but did not answer. The State took a preliminary default on March…