Legal Opinion
DHS, STATE OF MISS. v. Fillingane
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided June 15, 2000No. 1999-CA-00774-SCTPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
761 So.2d 869 (2000)
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
v.
Melvin L. FILLINGANE, Jr.
No. 1999-CA-00774-SCT.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
June 15, 2000.
Office of the Attorney General by Stephen C. Chayer, Attorney for Appellant.
Herbert H. Klein, Hattiesburg, Attorney for Appellee.
BEFORE PRATHER, C.J., MILLS AND COBB, JJ.
PRATHER, Chief Justice, for the Court:
STATEMENT OF THE FACTS AND CASE
¶ 1. On January 9, 1987, Melvin and Shirley Fillingane were granted a divorce on grounds of irreconcilable differences in the Chancery Court of Forrest County, following twelve years of marriage.…
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