State Department of Public Welfare v. Sem

In the lower court’s opinion the divorce judgment established the extent of the obligation of the father to support the child and his liability is limited to the sum so fixed unless said judgment is modified by the divorce court.

We cannot agree with this view. Sec. 46.10, Stats., so far as material, provides:

“(1) Liability for the maintenance of patients in the institutions specified in this section and the collection and enforcement of such liability is governed exclusively by this section.

“(2) Any patient in any charitable or curative institution of the state ... or heretofore or hereafter…