People in Interest of MC

Opinion by

Judge JONES.

In this paternity action, petitioner/interve-nor, M.C., a child, appeals the trial court’s dismissal of her petition to declare the respondent, S.O.V., her father. We reverse.

This action was commenced when the People, through the Delta County Child Support Enforcement Unit, filed a “Petition For Parentage Determination And To Obtain Child Support” on behalf of M.C., naming the child’s mother, D.L.C., and S.O.V., the putative father, as respondents. The paternity action was tried to a jury in November 1989, and the jury rendered a verdict finding that S.O.V. was not the…