State ex rel. Department of Health & Human Resources v. Duvigneaud

I iBYRNES, Judge.

The facts and procedural history of this case up to the first appeal are set forth in State Through DHHR v. Duvigneaud, 602 So.2d 792, 792-93 (La.App. 4 Cir.1992):

After the State of Louisiana through the Department of Health and Human Resources brought suit on March 24, 1988 to establish the paternity of the minor child, Jovan Lymuel, the child’s mother, Patricia Lymuel, retained as private counsel, Joseph LaHatte. Mr. LaHatte filed a motion to set the matter for trial and received a trial date of May 18, 1989. Although defendant and his counsel, Anthony Skid-more, appeared…