Houston v. Houston

The parties duly intermarried on September 28, 1940, and that relationship has never been terminated by judgment of divorce, separation, annulment or dissolution. However, respondent asserts complete exoneration from any present duty of support, on the ground that because of claimed sterility he is not the father of petitioner’s child born June 3, 1949. Such disclaimer carries with it an imputation of petitioner’s adultery, which, if established, would limit respondent’s support obligation to the minimal duty of indemnifying the community against the burden of petitioner’s maintenance…