State Board of Child Welfare v. P. G. F.

Bellfatto, J. J. D. R. C.

The question presented is whether under R. 8. 44:1 — 140 a person may be compelled to support the illegitimate child of his illegitimate daughter. R. 8. 44:1-140 is L. 1924, c. 132, sec. 74, which is “An Act for the settlement and relief of the poor,” etc. The section in question provides that:

“The father, grandfather, mother, grandmother, children, grandchildren, and husband or wife, severally and respectively, of a poor, old, blind, lame or impotent person or other poor person or child not able to work, shall, if of sufficient ability, at his or their charge and…