Benson v. State Ex Rel. Evans

WELCH, Justice.

On this appeal, lodged here by the defendant in a bastardy proceeding, we are called upon to review a county court’s judgment denying his motion to vacate and modify a prior decree adjudging defendant’s paternity of, and financial responsibility toward, an illegitimate child born to the complainant-mother. Two principal contentions are advanced for reversal: (a) because complainant-mother had removed her residence to California it became incumbent upon the county court to vacate its prior bastardy decree and terminate defendant’s duty to provide support for the illegitimate…