Ross v. Ross

Bellfatto, P. J., J. & D. R. C.

The question presented in this case is whether a mother and her husband are es-topped to deny their previous admissions of paternity of the prenuptial child.

The facts, succinctly stated, involve a child of plaintiff-mother born to her about 18 months prior to her marriage to defendant-husband. There is testimony by plaintiff that the parties engaged .in prenuptial sex relations (denied by de fendant) as of the time of conception. After the marriage the parties lived together with the child for about four years. There is nothing in the record to indicate that the…