Com. ex rel. Wallace v. Simoes

MOSS, J.,

—This action was instituted for support of three children of a prosperous medical doctor.

The children left his household. Each child was received first into the home of petitioner, and later the children each took up residence apart from one another, in the home of one of the additional petitioners. The oldest child then resumed cohabitation with her father. Hence, by stipulation, the question of the duty to support that child is removed from this case.

The important question is whether defendant, who is willing to maintain and support his other children in his own home, should be…