Kessler v. Williston

This is an action to establish the paternity of a child born out of wedlock.

We are met at the outset by the contention of appellee that this appeal is not properly brought because it is brought under the provisions of the “children born out of wedlock” statute (Acts 1941, ch. 112, § 3-640, Burns’ 1933), whereas it should be brought under the general statutes relating to juvenile courts. With this contention we do not agree. Our Supreme Court, in the case of State ex rel. v. Lake Cir cuit Court (1945), 223 Ind. 375, 61 N. E. (2d) 168, considered the various statutes relating to cases triable…