State Ex Rel. West Virginia Department of Health & Human Resources v. Michael George K.

STARCHER, Justice.

In the instant case we find that a natural father has the duty to provide support for his child, despite the fact that another man initially agreed to be listed as the child’s father on the child’s birth certificate.

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Facts & Background

We have before us a limited record from only one of several legal proceedings that are involved in the instant ease. Certain things we know, and other things we do not know. We believe that we do know enough to make a decision on the issues that are presented to us for decision.

We know that on August 31, 1994, a baby named Robert Early Tyler C.…