Patton v. State, Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services, Office of Child Support Enforcement ex rel. D.A.R.

ON MOTION FOR SUMMARY DISMISSAL

Appellee, Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services (HRS), moves for dismissal of this appeal. We grant the motion.

The motion is grounded in the procedural history of this case, a recitation of which is in order. Appellant Michael Patton was served with a paternity action in 1987. He filed a pro se response in which he denied paternity. Thereafter his answer was stricken and a default was entered, apparently as a sanction for noncooperation in discovery proceedings. Patton did not attend the 1988 trial and a judgment was entered against him. The judgment…