Howells v. Macon

ROBERT M. PARKER, Retired Circuit Judge.

This is a paternity case.

The appellant appeals from an order entered, after an ore tenus hearing, which *815found appellee not guilty in the paternity action filed against him.

The record reveals that the child was born on July 2, 1977, and that the paternity action was filed against the reputed father on April 18, 1983.

At the time of the child’s birth, the statute of limitations governing paternity prosecutions was two years. Ala.Code § 26-12-7 (1975). The statute was expanded to five years effective May 21, 1981. Under our rulings in Adams v. State, 428…