Upshaw v. Reaves

WIGGINTON, Judge.

The mother, Mary E. Upshaw, and the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services bring this appeal from the final order of the trial court determining paternity and ordering the father, appellee Cleatis Reaves, to pay $67 per month as child support. We reverse.

A complaint to determine the paternity of the mother’s minor child was filed naming three putative fathers. After HLA blood tests were performed, two of the *561men were excluded, and at the final hearing, appellee admitted he was the father of the child. Appellee also testified that he earns at least $1,200 net income…