Hunt v. State

1. If after having lawfully left his children, they become dependent, and the absent father then voluntarily and wilfully fails to support them, he violates the provisions of Code (Ann. Supp.) § 74-9902. Brown v. State, 122 Ga. 568 (2) (50 S. E. 378); Cleveland v. State, 7 Ga. App. 622 (67 S. E. 696); Phelps v. State, 10 Ga. App. 41 (72 S. E. 524) ; Sikes v. State, 37 Ga. App. 164 (139 S. E. 87).

2. “ ‘The conduct of the child’s mother, or her refusal to live with its father as her husband, is no defense to a prosecution for abandonment of the child. The father must support his child, whether…