Lucas v. Williams

Andrew Charles Lucas appeals from a decree of the Circuit Court for Baltimore City which held that he was the natural father of three children, and denied the prayer of his petition for a “change or modification” of a previous order that directed him to pay thirty dollars, per week, for' the children’s support.

The appellant and the natural mother of the children were married in 1942 and resided in Baltimore until 1952, when they moved to Georgia. In 1944, the husband and wife sought the medical advice of Dr. Haswell D. Franklin concerning the fact that they had been unable to procreate any…