Anonymous v. Anonymous

After filiation found, the petitioner seeks the cost of psychotherapeutic treatment allegedly made necessary by the traumatic experience of her pregnancy and childbearing. The child in question is in foster care with prospects of private adoption. The question propounded is whether such costs are fairly within the purview of sections 514 and 545 of the Family Court Act, which provide that in a proceeding in which the court has made an order of filiation, it may direct the father to pay “ the necessary expenses incurred by or for the mother in connection with her confinement and recovery, and…