Crayne v. M. K. R. L.

GARRARD, Presiding Judge.

A paternity suit was brought by the ap-pellee, M. K. R. L., against the appellant, Michael Crayne, in 1975. At the time, Crayne was 16. Although Crayne was originally represented by an attorney, by the time the case came to trial, the attorney had withdrawn and Crayne appeared before the trial court accompanied only by his mother. Nevertheless, the trial judge de*313termined that the proceeding should continue. Appellee was the lone witness at trial and after hearing her testimony, the trial judge entered a judgment against the defendant, declaring him to be the father of…