Matlock v. Mississippi Department of Human Services
| Docket Number: | 2009-CP-01869-COA | |
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Opinion Link Opinion Date: 04-15-2014 Opinion Author: Griffis, P.J. Holding: Affirmed. |
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Topic: Contempt - Child support - Change in birth certificate Judge(s) Concurring: Lee, C.J., Barnes, Ishee, Roberts, Carlton, Maxwell, Fair and James, JJ. Concur in Part, Concur in Result 1: Irving, P.J. Without Separate Written Opinion Procedural History: Bench Trial Nature of the Case: CIVIL - DOMESTIC RELATIONS |
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| Trial Court: |
Date of Trial Judgment: 10-27-2009 Appealed from: TATE COUNTY CHANCERY COURT Judge: MITCHELL M. LUNDY JR. Disposition: Appellant found to be in contempt and in arrears for delinquent child support Case Number: 02-7-269(ML) |
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| Appellant: | Heidi Matlock |
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| Appellee: | Mississippi Department of Human Services, Gordon Flake and Nancy Todd | JENNIFER LOUISE MORGAN, JOHN THOMAS LAMAR JR., SCOTT WATSON WEATHERLY JR. |
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| Topic: | Contempt - Child support - Change in birth certificate |
| Summary of the Facts: | In 2002, Heidi Matlock, Jason’s mother, and Gordon and Nancy Flake, Jason’s paternal grandparents, filed a joint petition for custody, asking that Jason be placed in the custody of the Flakes. The chancellor entered an order that awarded temporary custody of Jason to the Flakes and ordered Heidi and Kevin Flake, Jason’s father, to pay child support. In 2008, the Mississippi Department of Human Services filed a petition for contempt against Heidi, alleging that Heidi was $20,914.96 in arrears on her child-support obligation. During her appeal, Heidi revealed that she had changed Jason’s birth certificate. The Flakes filed a motion asking the chancellor to restore Jason’s birth certificate to its original state. The chancellor found that Heidi was in contempt, because she was $10,164.84 in arrears for delinquent child support. The chancellor later entered an order that granted the motion to change Jason’s birth certificate to his original name. Heidi appeals. |
| Summary of Opinion Analysis: | Heidi has filed her appeal pro se. The issues raised by Heidi in her appeal were not the issues decided by the chancellor in this case. The Court’s review is limited to the chancellor’s decision that held Heidi in contempt and restored Jason’s original name on the birth certificate. Heidi has not addressed these issues in her brief. Heidi’s failure to cite any legal authority or evidence in the record to support an assignment of error regarding the chancellor’s order, or to even address it for that matter, constitutes a waiver her issues on appeal. |
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