Morgan County Department of Pensions & Security ex rel. Ryan v. Kelso

EDWARD N. SCRUGGS, Retired Circuit Judge.

This is a paternity case.

The Morgan County Department of Pensions and Security (D.P.S.) appealed to the circuit court from a ruling of the district court, which sustained the defendant Kel-so’s plea of the statute of limitations.

The following pertinent facts appear of record.

On August 10, 1983, Cindy Ryan filed an action under the paternity statute, which sought to establish that Kelso was the father of her daughter, who was born on July 21, 1978. Kelso’s last motion to dismiss was based upon the ground that the suit against him was barred by the…