Deer v. State Dept. of Public Welfare

518 So.2d 649 (1988)

Valdjawan DEER

v.

STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE.

No. 58128.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 6, 1988.

Anne Winter Williams, Gillis, Gillis & Williams, McComb, for appellant.

Alice Powers, McComb, for appellee.

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, C.J., and ANDERSON and ZUCCARO, JJ.

ZUCCARO, Justice, for the Court:

On May 6, 1985, the Mississippi State Department of Public Welfare filed suit against Valdjawan Deer (pursuant to Miss. Code Ann. § 43-19-31 (1972)) to determine paternity and for child support. From a ruling establishing paternity and an order to pay child support in the…