Peake v. Peake

Subdivision 5 of section 101 of the Domestic Relations Court Act reads, “ The step parent of a child is hereby declared legally chargeable with the support of a step child likely to become a public charge provided it is shown to the satisfaction of the court that such step parent had knowledge of the child’s existence at the time of said step parent’s marriage.” The testimony submitted in this case shows clearly that the mother of the child was duly and legally married to the respondent herein; that the respondent knew of the existence of the child at the time he married the mother. The…