State v. Horton

This is a paternity suit.

The State appeals from an order of the Circuit Court of Madison County granting defendant-Horton's motion to dismiss.

The dispositive issue on appeal is whether the trial court after an ore tenus hearing erred in granting defendant's motion to dismiss. We find that it did not and affirm.

Viewing the record with the attendant presumption, we find the following: The defendant is a life-time resident of Madison County and has resided at the same address in Huntsville for the past twelve years. He is married and has two children ages eighteen and twelve. He has been an…