STATE EX REL. v. MICHAEL GEORGE K.

No. 26638.

531 S.E.2d 669 (2000)

207 W.Va. 290

STATE of West Virginia ex rel. WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES, CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT DIVISION, and Kimberly Dawn P., Plaintiffs below, West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, Child Support Enforcement Division, Plaintiff below, Appellant, v. MICHAEL GEORGE K., Defendant below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided May 5, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan S. Perry, Esq., Acting General Counsel, Bureau for Child Support Enforcement, Charleston, West Virginia, Attorney for Appellant West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources.

K. Bruce Lazenby, Esq., Beckley, West Virginia, Attorney for Appellee.

Kimberly P., Fayetteville, West Virginia, Appellant, Pro se.


STARCHER, Justice.

In the instant case we find that a natural father has the duty to provide support for his child, despite the fact that another man initially agreed to be listed as the child's father on the child's birth certificate.

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Facts & Background

We have before us a limited record from only one of several legal proceedings that are involved in the instant case. Certain things we know, and other things we do not know...

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