Pelak v. Karpa

This is a bastardy action brought under § 3208d of the 1955 Supplement to the General Statutes. The complainant and her illegitimate child are residents of the state of New Jersey and were at the time this action was commenced. The defendant has filed a plea in abatement claiming this court has no jurisdiction of this action, because neither the complainant nor her child is domiciled in, or a resident of, Connecticut, and on the further ground that the justice of peace did not bind this action over “to the Court for the County wherein the complainant dwells.”

Two issues are raised: One is…