Arnold v. Georgia Department of Human Resources

Deen, Presiding Judge.

This appeal stems from the complaint filed by appellee Department of Human Resources (DHR) in an effort to enforce upon appellant Arnold the duty to support his illegitimate son. Proper service of process upon appellant was not effected, and appellant moved to dismiss the action but instead entered into a consent order providing for dismissal and refiling of the case. Upon refiling, the state sued for a lesser sum than that sought in the original complaint, because of changes in the financial situation of the mother. Through inadvertence the number of the original suit…