Libertowski v. Hojara

Appellee brought this action pursuant to the provisions of the Children Born Out of Wedlock statute (Acts, 1941) (Burns’ Indiana Statutes §§ 3-623 to 3-658), seeking to have appellant adjudged the father of her child. Appellee’s original petition also asked that appellant be required to pay childbirth expenses, support of such child, and attorney fees, all as provided in the statutes referred to above.

Both parties waived trial by jury and the trial court after submission of evidence found that appellant was the father of appellee’s child. The court’s findings also ordered appellant to pay…