Legal Opinion
Hargis v. Department of Human Resources
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided July 14, 2000No. S00A0162PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hines, Justice.
The Department of Human Resources (“DHR”) filed suit to establish William Hargis’s paternity of a minor. Hargis answered on May 20, 1997, demanding a jury trial. On July 1, 1997, an amendment to OCGA § 19-7-40 became effective which extinguished the right to a jury trial in a paternity suit. Trial was set on the non-jury calender and Hargis filed a motion for jury trial, which was denied. This Court granted Hargis’s application for interlocutory review to consider the trial court’s ruling that he did not have a right to a jury trial.
Hargis contends that applying amended OCGA §…
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