Legal Opinion
Jms v. Ha
West Virginia Supreme Court
Decided April 4, 1978No. 13967PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
242 S.E.2d 696 (1978)
J. M. S.
v.
H. A.
No. 13967.
Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.
April 4, 1978.
John C. Purbaugh, Charleston, for appellant.
James B. Hoover, South Charleston, for appellee.
CAPLAN, Chief Justice:
The sole issue on this appeal is whether a circuit court has jurisdiction to award or deny visitation rights to a father of an illegitimate child. The trial court having held, "There being no marriage alleged or proved and no right of visitation being given the determined father by statute or the common law, the Court has no jurisdiction of the subject matter", denied the relief…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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3Cited by19 opinions
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