R v. F

Kentz, P. J. J. & D. R. Ct.

An application has been made to this court to establish the paternity of a child born out of wedlock to one P and to grant reasonable visitation rights to the father.

Two vital questions of law are raised here which heretofore have been undecided in this State. They are whether the Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court has jurisdiction to grant visitation rights not incidental to an order for support, and whether the father of a child born out of wedlock has any right to visitation without the express or implied consent of the mother.

In 1967 a child was born to P.…