Varnell ex rel. Varnell v. Green

ANDERSON, Justice,

for the Court:

This is an appeal from the County Court of Rankin County wherein the County Judge, sitting without a jury, dismissed Sorinthia Varnell’s complaint to determine paternity and for child support.

On January 14, 1985, plaintiff Sorinthia Varnell, a minor child, filed a complaint by her mother and next friend, Sonya Varnell, alleging that the defendant Ermon Green, Jr., was her natural father, and asking the court to enter an order of filiation and to require him to pay child support. Green answered with general denials. Both parties waived the right to a jury trial,…