Dorothy Harrison v. Melvin Henry , 432 F. App'x 304 ( 2011 )

Case: 10-60971 Document: 00511532131 Page: 1 Date Filed: 07/07/2011
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT United States Court of Appeals
Fifth Circuit
FILED
July 7, 2011
No. 10-60971
Summary Calendar Lyle W. Cayce
Clerk
DOROTHY A. HARRISON,
Plaintiff-Appellant
versus
MELVIN HENRY,
Defendant-Appellee
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Southern District of Mississippi
No. 4:10-CV-83
Before DAVIS, SMITH, and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
Dorothy Harrison appeals the dismissal of her complaint seeking a pater-
nity adjudication and the establishment of child support and custody rights. Fed-
eral courts lack subject matter jurisdiction over “the domestic relations of hus-
band and wife, parent and child.” Ex parte Burruss, 136 U.S. 586, 593-94 (1890);
see Franks v. Smith, 717 F.2d 183, 185 (5th Cir. 1983). Accordingly, the dismiss-
al for want of subject matter jurisdiction is AFFIRMED. See United States v.
Jones, 625 F.3d 827, 829 (5th Cir. 2010) (per curiam).
*
Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not
be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR.
R. 47.5.4.