Anonymous v. Anonymous

This is a petition under section 415 of the Family Court Act by the Department of Welfare against a son of the petitioner for the support of his mother, who is presently destitute and receiving welfare of $257.55 a month. The mother, age 87, is confined to a hospital in a terminal stage of her illness, and it is expected that she will not live another year. Other petitions have been filed against two other sons, in which decisions have been rendered.

The respondent, “John Doe”, age 61, is married and his children are married. He lives with his wife in an apartment for which he pays $178 a…