Commonwealth v. Pewatts

Opinion by

Montgomery, J.,

This is an appeal from an order of the County Court of Allegheny County directing the appellant to pay $10 per week for the support of his illegitimate child, then fourteen years of age. Jurisdiction of the matter ivas taken under the Allegheny County Court Act of 1911, P.L. 198, as amended, 17 P.S. 626(pp), providing for the County Court to take jurisdiction “(g) In all cases involving the support of a child born out of wedlock, where the father admits parentage, and where he is willing to support the child.” We have no difficulty in arriving at the same conclusion…