Ivery v. Brown

Barnes, Presiding Judge.

We granted discretionary appeal in this case involving the trial court’s attempt to change an order in a legitimation proceeding from one dismissing the petition with prejudice to one dismissing the petition without prejudice. As the trial court was without authority to make this change, we reverse.

Amber Ivery and Jermaine Brown are the parents of L. L, who was born in March 2008. Brown, acting pro se, has filed multiple petitions seeking to legitimate L. I. and to challenge the amount of child support awarded to Ivery. He filed his first petition in July 2008, seeking…