Anonymous v. Anonymous

The action for the support of a child born out of wedlock was initially instituted in 1955 in the Court of Special Sessions under article V of the New York City Criminal Courts Act. On denial of paternity, a blood-grouping test was ordered, and after a trial the defendant was adjudged the father of the child and directed to provide support.

After the child reached her sixteenth birthday on May 27, 1963, the Department of Welfare applied on September 11, 1963 to have the order of support extended under the Family Court Act. The child is attending high school and is being supported by the…