Department of Welfare v. Siebel

Chief Judge Conway.

This case presents the question whether a stepmother may be compelled to contribute to the expense incurred by the City of New York because of the maintenance of her stepson, who is a public charge having been committed to a school for delinquents, it appearing (a) that the stepmother had knowledge of the child’s existence at the time of her marriage to the child’s father and (b) that the father had been ordered to contribute to the child’s support but the amount so ordered to be paid was insufficient to reimburse the city in full.

The essential facts are undisputed. The…