King v. State ex rel. Stallworth

WRIGHT, Presiding Judge.

This is a paternity case.

Mary Stallworth gave birth to an illegitimate child and assigned her rights to child support to the State Department of Pensions and Security pursuant to 42 U.S.C.A. § 602(a)(26). DPS filed suit against Willie Earl King alleging him to be the child’s father and seeking support payments on behalf of the child. The case against King was dismissed without prejudice in the Juvenile Division of the Mobile County Circuit Court. The State, ex rel Mary Stallworth, appealed to the circuit court for trial de novo.

After trial, the court, sitting without a…