Legal Opinion
Jones v. Robinson
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided April 26, 1985No. Record Nos. 820855, 821373 and 821808PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCochran, J.
These three appeals present the same question for our determination, whether § 20-61.1 of the Code of Virginia, as it read at the times of trial, provided the sole means to prove the paternity of a child of unwed parents. In each case, the unmarried mother of a child filed in the juvenile and domestic relations district court a petition for support against the putative father. In each case, upon appeal to the circuit court, that court, after admitting evidence not contemplated by § 20-61.1, found the putative father to be the child’s father.
At the time each case was tried in the circuit…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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