MAs v. MISS. DEPT. HUMAN SERVICES

842 So.2d 527 (2003)

M.A.S.

v.

MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES.

No. 2000-CT-00198-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 2, 2003.

Rehearing Denied April 24, 2003.

Dwayne G. Deer, McComb, attorney for appellant.

Gail D. Nicholson, Austin, TX, attorney for appellee.

EN BANC.

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI

DIAZ, J., for the Court.

¶ 1. M.A.S. consented to a paternity decree when he was 17 years old. He agreed that he was the father of S.M., and he agreed to pay child support. Approximately nine years later, a DNA test was performed in another matter. M.A.S. was excluded as the biological father of S.M.…