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Parent And Child - Duty Of Mother To Support Child When Father Is Alive, Thomas E. Wilson
Parent And Child - Duty Of Mother To Support Child When Father Is Alive, Thomas E. Wilson
Michigan Law Review
Plaintiff obtained a divorce from defendant, and at the time of the divorce voluntarily undertook to care for and support their twenty-one year old son, who was afflicted with tuberculosis and unable to support himself. The son resided with his mother until his death. She instituted this action against the father to recover for the care and support of the son from the time of the divorce until his death and for funeral expenses, relying upon a statute imposing upon specified classes or relatives of poor persons a duty to maintain them, which statute the plaintiff contended imposed a duty …
Parent And Child - Effect Of Adoption On Duty Of: Parent To Support Child, Marcus L. Plant
Parent And Child - Effect Of Adoption On Duty Of: Parent To Support Child, Marcus L. Plant
Michigan Law Review
The defendant, father of the child whose support was in question, was-divorced by the plaintiff, mother of the child, in 1927. At that time, with the consent of both parties, the maternal grandparents adopted the child. In 1931 the grandfather died insolvent, and in 1933 the grandmother remarried and left the state. In 1934 the plaintiff adopted the child, and brought suit against the defendant for its support. The court entered an order requiring him to pay ten dollars per week for that purpose. After compliance for several months the defendant stopped payment, and in contempt proceedings protested the validity …