State, Office of Child Support Enforcement v. Flowers

Wendell L. Griffen, Judge.

Pulaski County Child Support Enforcement Unit (PCCSEU) appeals a ruling by the Pulaski County Chancery Court dismissing a paternity action filed on behalf of assignor Stephanie Blue with prejudice. We modify the chancellor’s decision to dismiss the paternity action without prejudice, and affirm the trial court’s ruling as modified.

PCCSEU filed a complaint for paternity on behalf of Blue in December 1992, and appellee, Edward Flowers, subsequently signed an agreed order for blood testing. Appellee appeared for HLA blood testing on March 2, 1993, at Roche Biomedical…