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from August 29 to September 1, 1996, and from October 19, 1996,
to March 18, 1997.
On July 16, 1996, a complaint was filed in the Superior
Court of California in the case of County of Santa Clara v.
Daniels, No. DA051877, to establish petitioner’s parental
relationship to James, Jamar, and Jeremy Daniels and to collect
reimbursement of child support payments made by the County. As
part of the litigation, Mary Schriver, eligibility examiner for
the Social Services Agency (SSA) of the County, filed an
affidavit stating that SSA had paid various sums of money in
support of petitioner’s children. The affidavit filed by the
examiner states that SSA has paid, in the form of AFDC “Family
Grant” payments for one child, $3,588 in 1995, and for one child
for 10 months and two children for 2 months, $4,140 in 1996. In
addition, SSA was stated to have made foster care payments for
James Daniels, Jr. of $20,625.86 from July through December of
1996, and for Jamar Daniels $5,445 in 1995 and $700.98 in 1996.
In an attachment to the affidavit, Katherine Swayzer, maternal
aunt, is listed as the “payee/caretaker”.
Judgment was entered in favor of the County on May 18, 1999,
finding that petitioner’s paternity was established and that he
was liable for child support payments for the period July 1993
through March 1999.2
2Respondent objects to the judgment as irrelevant. We find
the judgment to be evidence relevant to the amount of support
provided to the children in 1995 and 1996. We overrule the
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