Wright v. Gann

ARNOLD, Judge.

Defendant contends that plaintiff’s action cannot be maintained under G.S. 49-14 because the statute applies only to children born to single women; He argues that the statute is not applicable because Mrs. Wright was married at the time of conception and birth of the plaintiff, and therefore plaintiff was not born “out of wedlock” within the meaning of the statute.

If the defendant’s construction of the statute is adopted, an illegitimate child of a married woman would not be entitled to support because the child would be precluded from asserting his right to support against the…