Virzint v. Beranek

Defendant in this paternity action appeals from an order which found that a support order entered on December 4, 1981, was effective on January 30, 1979, when the jury’s finding of paternity was entered, rather than on December 4, 1981, when the support order was entered, as defendant had claimed. Defendant contends that the trial court’s finding that the support order was retroactive to the date of the finding of paternity was against the manifest weight of the evidence since the support order contained no provision regarding the retroactive effect of the payments and (2) the trial court had…