State Department of Human Resources v. Scott

THIGPEN, Judge.

This case involves whether an award of attorney’s fees of $1,500 was proper against the State Department of Human Resources (DHR).

The father of Barbara Ann Scroggins Scott’s children was delinquent in his child support obligation by several thousand dollars. In November 1989, on behalf of Scott, DHR received a judgment wherein an income withholding order was issued in the amount of $350.00 to the father’s employer. The trial court also found the father in contempt and granted a judgment favorable to DHR and against the father in the amount of $3,234.00 for reimbursement of Aid…