State Ex Rel. Secretary of the Kansas Department of Social & Rehabilitation Services v. White

McAnany, J.:

In 1989, the State of Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services (SRS) commenced proceedings against Lariy A. White regarding the paternity of a child bom in 1988. White was personally served with process but failed to respond. The district court entered a default judgment against him declaring him to be the father of the child and ordering him to pay child support of $200 per month plus $1,614 for State assistance provided for the child.

There followed many proceedings to enforce the court’s support order. In 2003 White, who was now disabled, began receiving Social…