Gaffney v. Saba

In this paternity proceeding, the defendant appeared and acknowledged paternity of the child. The child was born on September 15,1968, and was immediately placed for adoption.

Under the statute (General Statutes § 52-M2), “the court shall ascertain the expense of lying-in and of support and maintenance of the child until the time of rendering judgment, and order him [the *23putative father] to pay the amount thereof to the complainant.” The lying-in,2 or childbed, expenses have been construed to mean such expenses “as board, wages, and other charges attendant on nursing the child, and the…