"Ellen Park" v. "John Park"

I am aware of the law (N. Y. City Crim. Cts. Act, § 60) which presumably limits jurisdiction to require a father to support a child born out of wedlock to the Court of Special Sessions. That limitation, in my judgment, does not strip the Domestic Relations Court of the City of New York from jurisdiction in a proper case nor its power to provide for support of a child by its father.

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