Plunkett v. Atkins

IRWIN, Justice.

On September 24, 19S6, a written contract was entered into between the mother of an illegitimate child and the child’s father. The mother, Norma Vesley, formerly Plunkett, commenced this action in the name of the child, Pamela Jo Atkins, as her mother and next friend, against the father, Paul Newman Atkins, Jr., to enforce the terms of the contract. After the action was commenced, Neva Plunkett, grandmother of the child, was appointed guardian of the person and estate of the child and substituted as one of the plaintiffs. The parties will be referred to as they appeared in the…