Johnson v. District of Columbia

This is an appeal from a judgment rendered in a paternity proceeding in the Juvenile Court.

Appellant, the alleged father of an illegitimate child, first contends that the court erred in denying his pre-trial motion to take complainant’s deposition. We have *564ruled that such procedures are not available in paternity proceedings. In re Ketcham, D.C.App., No. 2716 Original (unreported order, June 26, 1964). We are not now persuaded to question that ruling. Under the District of Columbia Court Reform and Criminal Procedure Act of 1970, Pub.L. No. 91-358, § 111 (§ 11-946), 84 Stat. 473, 487,…