Kopack v. Polzer

The appellant made a complaint in one of our criminal judicial district courts alleging that the defendant is the father of her illegitimate child aged 10 years, and praying that he be ordered to provide for the maintenance of the child. Parentage was not disputed; but the defendant had made a settlement with the complainant and had taken a release from her eight years earlier, and for this reason her complaint was dismissed.

The action was brought under Chapter 16 of Title 9 of the Revised Statutes, which enacts that "a child born out of wedlock shall be entitled to support and education from…