State v. Coffey

77 Wn.2d 630 (1970)

465 P.2d 665

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Respondent,

v.

JUNIOR COFFEY, Appellant.[*]

No. 40030.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

February 19, 1970.

MacDonald, Hoague & Bayless and Stephan R. Feldman, for appellant.

Charles O. Carroll, Jeremy R. Randolph, and Clay Nixon, for respondent.

NEILL, J.

This appeal primarily concerns the jurisdiction of the courts to modify a child support order in a filiation proceeding.

In 1965, after hearing under RCW 26.24, defendant was adjudged to be the father of an illegitimate child and ordered to pay $100 a month child support. In 1967, the…